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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a meeting scheduled with a founding attorney who is a double Harvard grad to do some estate planning for me. I noticed all of his associate attorneys had Ivy undergraduate universities listed in their bio but with very regional law schools. Like hypothetically one went to Yale but then went to Liberty University Law school. Another hypo is one went to Cornell then went to University of Baltimore Law. It had me thinking before I give him my business and almost certainly end up working with one of his associates what causes this to happen outside of drugs and family issues/tragedy? Burnout? [/quote]

If these people you cited ended up working for good law firms, how did they flop?

Also, you are conflating prestigious name with quality education. [/quote]

Yeah - how are they flopping if they are gainfully employed at law firms ? You were the one doubting the work of people you do not know just because they went to law schools that were less prestigious law than their undergrad schools. It is absurd to limit definitions of success to attending Ivy.

There are various studies that indicate people who were smart enough to attend Ivies (as measured by GPAs and test scores) do just as well as the finite number of bright students who attend ivies. In fact, some of the Ivy grads I have worked with have delusions of grandeur that are not commensurate with their actual abilities. Others are amazing. I would expect those who graduated from less highly ranked law schools to have more to prove and to work harder. They all have to pass bar exams wherever they went to school.

I would like to see studies of the best performing trial attorneys and district attorneys and compare where they went to law school.
I would expect to see a broad range of law schools especially many big state schools.

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