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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does a Minnesota law grad really have the same opportunities as grads from the other Top 20 schools?

That was the one that surprised me.  I get you probably have lots of opportunities in MN and perhaps the midwest...but are the large coastal firms actively recruiting?[/quote]

I’m a big law lawyer and participate in my firm’s interview process for law students. No, they do not. And the subset of schools that national/coastal law firms actively recruit from is the T14, not T20 (not sure why it’s 14 as opposed to some other number). That’s not to say a firm would auto-reject a top-performing UMN law student, but most Vault 50-100 firms aren’t recruiting there, so it’s a matter of the student taking initiative or applying through a connection. And they would have to be a tippy top student (top 10% or so, be on law review, etc.) to get an interview, whereas T14 students have a lot more leeway.[/quote]

Just curious...is a Vanderbilt law grad just as s**t out of luck as the UMN law grad from your perspective?[/quote]

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