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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who's actually worked in law school admissions, I can confidently say that for the vast majority of law schools, undergrad institution is irrelevant maybe 98 percent of the time. The only times it mattered:

- If someone has a strong LSAT but mediocre grades, we'd be more likely to accept them if the grades were from a top institution.

- If someone has great grades but a mediocre LSAT, we'd be less likely to take them if their grades were from a nonselective institution.

Otherwise, law schools care only about two things: 1) maximizing LSAT/GPA medians for the rankings; 2) ensuring that admitted students have the skills to pass the bar, which increases pass rates, which helps in the rankings. My experience was at a good but not T14 law school, but my impression is that things are more or less the same at T14s except that they are less concerned with #2 because they are admitting students with high enough stats that they don't have to be concerned about it. The only exceptions might be Yale and Stanford, which have a more holistic admissions process where great stats aren't enough.[/quote]

Not remotely relevant if you are "actually" at a top 14.  Otherwise it is just a different beast.[/quote]

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