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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know elite law firms typically restrict their recruiting to "top 20" schools.  There might be 25 or so schools that can claim top 20 status, but other than those schools, forget about it. [/quote]

Thats law schools, not undergrad.  And because the field is a smaller universe you don't need outside rankings to know which schools they refer to.

And I actually think this is not the case.  A student who does well at a state law school and gets a competitive clerkship would probably be very attractive to these firms.[/quote]

Actually, you say you "think" this is not the case. I'm not the previous poster who stated this, but I know -- not "think" -- the previous poster is right, having recruited at these law schools. The top firms in the country actually have a list -- it's not a secret list, it's an openly known list of the elite schools from which they recruit. Think top 10 + a few local schools in whatever the city is. Yes, this is a graduate school issue, but not surprisingly, consulting firms and investment banks have the same list for undergraduate schools. McKinsey doesn't show up to Rutgers to recruit; they do show up to the top ten US News schools, though.

For me, what this comes down to is opportunities -- there are plenty of smart kids at lesser schools, and probably plenty of not-so-brilliant kids at the elite schools. But if I want doors and connections open for my kids like they were for me, I want them to go the best school possible. It's a very small circle, and it's hard to break into from the outside. Life is much easier when you don't feel like you have to claw your way to the top. [/quote]

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