Not so, Demosthenes.
I’ve specifically stated why law schools care about undergrad name:
- A prominent undergrad school name helps law students do well in law firm hiring (which benefits law schools, which want good placement statistics, which also count in US News rankings). Studies confirm that the second most important factor in law firm on-campus hiring is prestige of one's undergraduate institution. (It's in the Harvard Law Record from the '90s.)
- It can be used as a proxy for intelligence. Someone with a prominent undergrad name and degree on a law school application (such as a B.S. from Columbia or MIT) is likely intelligent. Someone with a B.A. in basetweaving from No-Name U. might or might not be intelligent.
I see that Spayurpets, like me, is curious as to why you refuse to share anything much about your background that is relevant for discussions of law schools and the legal hiring market. As I’ve stated before: if you have been through a top law school and top law firm hiring in real life, you should be willing to provide evidence. Otherwise, your posts could be made by a 16 year old or by a 62-year old millworker who just likes researching Internet data.