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[quote=Anonymous]I was a Law Review editor at one of the top law schools decades ago.  The composition of our law review correlated to the list provided in this thread.  But I think it not meaningful.  People capable enough to get admitted to top undergrad schools are as a rule going to be very competitive in terms of law school admission.  But this does not mean going to a top undergrad institution gives a leg up on admission or achievement.  You have to be focused no matter where you go to undergrad.  Our editor in chief went to Penn State. He distinguished himself there and continued with that progress in law school.  My personal standard is whether I would engage him as a lawyer, and I certainly would.

What I found most valuable was exposure to competition and time pressure in undergrad.  I was in an eleven person honors program, and about half of that class went to either Harvard or Yale for law school (I did not).  Just learning to compete at a high level with people at that performance level makes you better.  Significantly, I was a very serious scholarship athlete (this top 10 school along with Stanford issued athletic scholarships).  Competing in athletics virtually every week - both losing and winning - made the pressure of law school seem moderate.  Indeed law school was not all that much of a burden for me - except for paying for it as I wanted no loans.  My fellow editor and captain of the Harvard golf team made the same comments.  Competition matters (and it doesn't need to be sports).  He had a social pedigree, which believe it or not, does matter in the business of law (I did not have any such thing). [/quote]

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