<p>Totally agree with northwesty that swanky degrees open doors in law and banking. There is an unreal credential fetish at work in those environments. </p>
<p>But also agree with TheGFG that the Republic of Texas is kind of a unique place. If you blew the doors off of Baylor or U.T. Law School I wouldn’t count you out in competition with a Stanford, Yale or Harvard Law grad for a spot at a blue chip firm in Dallas or Houston. No way.</p>