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<p>Figure 1 of that paper indicates the following:</p>
<p>a. Earnings of top-10 law school graduates are very similar, regardless of whether they attended top-25* undergraduate or other undergraduate schools before law school.
b. Earnings of 11-20 rank law school graduates were significantly better for those who attended top 25 undergraduate schools before law school.</p>
<p>*The paper defines elite undergraduate schools as USNWR top 25 national universities.</p>
<p>Figure 5 of that paper indicates that graduates of 21-100 rank law schools are paid significantly less than those of higher rank law schools, although there is still a differential between those who attended top 25 undergraduate schools versus those who attended other undergraduate schools.</p>
<p>Note that the paper is concerned about lawyer pay, not the undergraduate school’s effect on getting into law school. It also says nothing about medical school or physician pay.</p>
<p>The authors conclude that attending a top-25 undergraduate school can be helpful in terms of eventual pay as a lawyer for those who attended law schools other than the top-10. Attendance of a top-10 law school appears to eliminate the advantage of attending a top-25 undergraduate school.</p>
<p>Note that Michigan is just outside the USNWR top-25, at rank 29. So a pre-law student at Michigan would be well advised to aim for a top-10 law school, since his/her undergraduate school is not highly enough ranked for the purpose of law school pay levels. Michigan is a top-10 law school by USNWR and Vault 25 rankings, however, so a lawyer would likely get more value in terms of pay levels from attending Michigan law school versus Michigan undergraduate. Here are the reported results at lawschoolnumbers.com for Michigan: <a href=“Recently Updated J.D. Profiles | Law School Numbers”>Recently Updated J.D. Profiles | Law School Numbers;