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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so surprised to hear this. I would have to believe that law school admissions officers would be influenced by the undergrad, but maybe not...[/quote]

They don’t.  It’s all about the GPA and the LSAT.  Sorry to disappoint, but throwing $80k a year at a NESCAC doesn’t give you an edge over a kid from state U with a high GPA and the same LSAT score.  [/quote]

After many years in BigLaw, I can say with confidence that as a general matter, and with the caveat that individual results may vary, the NESCAC grad will be a much stronger writer than the state U grad.  It is also correct that law school admissions are driven by GPA and LSATs because US News rankings are apparently the be all end all.  Sad to say, our profession is all the worse for it because we have to deal with the many bright, hard-working, high GPA 25 year olds who cannot string together 3 coherent paragraphs if their lives depended on it.  [/quote]

After many years in Biglaw, I can say with equal confidence that I've seen no correlation whatsoever between undergraduate institution and writing ability.  By the way, your own writing is verbose and not particularly impressive.  "With the caveat that individual results may vary?"  Why the need to include that mouthful of a phrase when you have already said "as a general matter?"  Your writing needs serious editing.

-- Retired Biglaw partner  [/quote]

NP. Battle of two pretentious lawyers. How about focusing on the question rather than crafting insults?[/quote]

I am not one of the attorneys you reference, but I do think that both are helpful responses to the question posed by this thread. One attorney finds the writing of NESCAC graduates to be superior to that of public university graduates, while the other says which school one attended doesn't matter with respect to writing skills as those are largely derived from innate talent and abilities.

My view differs somewhat in that I find effective writing to be a product of focused hard-work, intelligence and practice.

Apply these points of view to one's educational experience to determine whether or not a particular school or group of schools is worth the money with respect to legal writing skills.[/quote]

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