i can tell you why it is as a graduate of a top three law school. the us news and world report rankings rank law schools by various metrics, but one of the most important is the average lsat of the students. the lsat is (or used to be) a proxy for iq. so the top schools go the smartest students, except for the few dei/legacy (not that many in the old days). the "top 14" law schools in the us have the best students and feed to the best firms because they're looking for brains. unfortunately, since 2020 when the top schools went nuts admitting niggers and modifying the lsat, etc., i'm not sure the t14 school brand correlates with student iq as much as it did before. i used to give good reviews for pretty much every summer associate (almost all from t14) who worked for me, but then the firm started feeding me random niggers from harvard, and i turned really harsh in my feedback. they stopped assigning me summers lmao. i think the best schools will eventually get back on track and stop the post-2020 madness.
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