Would you rather have an associate who graduated bottom of their class at a T-14 law school, or an associate who graduated top 5% at a T-30 law school?

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Rather have an associate not obsessed with law school rankings

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Top 5% all day

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Seems to me the difference is minimal, by its cover. I think those are not the dispositive factors that I would personslly use in judging someone's skillset, work ethic etc. Although there may be a correlation between work ethic and someone's GPA, there are a few set of people (me) who do not let a GPA define us.

Im neither but got hired at a V50 over plenty of both who probably had a similar sense of entitlement as you

I am still unsure how the question alone makes me entitled at all. I didn’t graduate from a T14 or in the top 5% of anywhere. You seem quite insecure from these 2 responses, if anything.

The importance of law school rankings drop significantly on everyone’s first day of their first attorney job. I’ll hire the person that I think has more ambition and ability than the other.

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