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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You'll see a wide variety here so don't despair if your future lawyer doesn't go to an Ivy:

https://hls.harvard.edu/jdadmissions/apply-to-harvard-law-school/jdapplicants/hls-profile-and-facts/undergraduate-institutions/[/quote]

Take a deeper look: 45 of the 147 schools are Top40ish Universities or Top15 LACs, and 20 of them are ivy-plus (Stan, Duke etc). There are 556 L1s [b]. It is unlikely anything below the more competitive 45 schools has more than one admit. Those 45 may have two or more. The ivy-plus 20 may have even more each and in fact could make up half the class . [/b]Given that the ivy plus schools are small in size compared to others, there is significantly higher chance to get in from one of them than from a school outside the 45, nevermind all the schools not on the list. [/quote]

Do you have any data for this?[/quote]

This is anecdotal, but the law review at the top 10 law school I attended was about 50 percent Ivy League.  I was the only Duke guy.  I must add that our notes editor was from Salem State in Oregon, the smartest on the team was from Muhlenberg (and a former FBI agent) who was the only person in front of me in the class rankings, the editor in chief was a Penn State swimmer and a good leader, and another editor who became an incredibly effective death penalty appellate defense specialist was from St Mary's, who takes a data driven approach to appellate defense.  I took from this that talent is talent, no matter where it is from.

The most successful guy financially is from Georgetown, and he in his own practice has won several large class actions against drug companies, taking enormous risks which paid off.  Another guy formed a health insurance company and never practiced law - he is the most well off - a Georgetown grad too and I did admire him for toughing out the law review because he had little interest in practicing law.  Takes all types.  A Dartmouth grad who was my friend worked for a big LA firm, then switched careers to be an OB GYN. She and I were from poor circumstances, and we both thought our high grades were somehow unearned - calling ourselves the imposters.  Arguably (and I am not kidding) the best criminal lawyer in the country went to Penn.  He would have been a great trial lawyer going to any law school in the country. [/quote]

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