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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Uh, what makes you think students attending state law schools other than U Va, Michigan or Boalt have much chance of landing a clerkship, when so many judges attended top law schools like Harvard and Stanford?  [/quote]

Cause I clerked and know clerks.  Someone from the very top of a state law school can be an appealing candidate.

I wonder why so many buy into this idea that the only ticket to a successful future is the Ivy league.  Its no wonder that so many kids feel so much pressure.  Why do you want to raise your children with that?  And if they don't go to an ivy league school, will they feel like a failure?  I have seen too many kids burn out with this kind of pressure and it seems so pointless.[/quote]

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