By: Julie Brush, The Recorder

November 15, 2016

Q: Recruiters won't work with me because their clients "only want candidates from Top 20 schools." After 15 years of law practice, why does my law school still matter?

A: Historically, the legal profession has embodied one of intellectual elitism. And one of the most common ways employers separated the classes was through the rank of one's law school (and within those institutions, the academic rank of each student). Employers weren't the only ones who used these measuring sticks to cast judgment. Most others did as well: professors, fellow students and lawyers, clients, laypeople, friends and, of course, family members.

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