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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's easy to agree with this in the abstract, but the fact is that it's easier to have a good life if you have enough money, and it's easier to make money if you go to a prestigious school. The employers and industries that pay the most and offer the most obvious path to prosperity hire disproportionately from these schools. That is also true for the jobs and fields that wield the most power in this country - when was the last time there was a supreme court justice, or even clerk, who didn't graduate from an Ivy/Stanford? You can get a great education many places, but the more "status" a university has, the more options it keeps open for the future. Obviously there are successful people who didn't take this route, but it's harder without that type of a well-worn path. How many of us are visionary entrepreneurs? I'm certainly not. Biglaw has been a good fit for me. [/quote]

My husband and I are both graduates of Stanford Law School.  We had many classmates at Stanford who came from undergrad schools that we had never heard of.  These folks were just as smart as those of us who were lucky enough to go to fancy pants colleges.  And, if you're in BigLaw, you know that there are plenty of partners who didn't go to T3 or even T6 or T14 law schools.  Again, these people are excellent lawyers, as smart as their partners who went to far less prestigious schools.   [/quote]

But there aren't "plenty" of partners who didn't go to T14 schools. There are a handful. And fewer associates. If you want to be hired by an S&C or a Davis Polk or a Goldman or a McKinsey, you have a much, much better chance if you graduated from a "top" school(s). The partners who went to lower ranked schools for the most part joined the firm laterally after proving themselves elsewhere. I don't see the point of arguing that this doesn't give you a significant leg up. Anyone can succeed, but it's much easier if you get your foot in the right doors early. I am not suggesting this system is normative, just that it's ridiculous to pretend this dynamic doesn't exist. [/quote]

Honestly, you are just wrong. Also, just as there are more than three law schools, there are more than three law firms where lawyers are making more than any human needs. You are so tunnel-visioned that you are blind.[/quote]

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