<p>I think 1190’s post has it right and I apologize if my posts were seen as combative. But I’ve been through all this including getting a professional degree from an elite school. Where you attend law school for example does matter. If you plan to attend top grad schools where you go to college does matter. Very few if any of my classmates came from schools like those other three on GO27’s list. The same thing goes for hiring as the opportunities for grads from the top 15 schools is vastly different from schools below the top 30. Virtually every partner at top firms come from the top schools. This may not be fair and I’m sure there are some fine lawyers that didn’t attend top schools but that’s the way it is.</p>