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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My BigLaw firm won’t look at anyone who didn’t graduate from a top-10 school. I fight them on it every year but those old white guys are stuck too firmly in their ways (with big sticks up their bums…)[/quote]

Top tier Biglaw partner here.  No Biglaw firm in this country "won't look at anyone who didn't graduate from a top-10 school."  None.  These firms, by definition, are "big," and collectively they go through thousands of associates every year.  There are not enough law school graduates from the top 10 to meet their needs.

Give us a link to ONE Biglaw firm's website where there are no associates from outside the top ten.  I'll wait.[/quote]

Ok, it was a bit of an exaggeration, but I’m the hiring partner for our office’s lit department. I have to fight my colleagues every year to look at places like Georgetown. We have a very small number of associates from schools in the top 10-30, and almost none below that on the litigation side. Corporate is bigger and likely less selective. I’m not going to name my firm but it is a top tier Biglaw firm.[/quote]

So we've gone from top 10 to top 30.  Big difference,[/quote]

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