<p>If one attends a mediocre college for undergrad and then a top 5 law school (say, Harvard or Yale), will law firms look poorly upon the mediocre undergrad school? Or will they realize that he or she obviously did very well as an undergrad and made it into an amazing law school?</p>
<p>I'm talking about the best law firms in New York here. Also, I'm talking about graduating top 10% of your class from a school like Harvard Law.</p>
<p>Thanks, and any information helps!</p>
<p>A top 10% grad from any of the top 7 law schools will not be in any short supply of offers. Pity the stupid law firm partner whose recruiting judgment is clouded by such senseless facts.</p>
<p>Indeed, any of those schools’ grads will do fine. It’s the tens of thousands of grads from lesser Law schools that are and will continued to get screwed by the inflated job market.</p>
<p>Your graduate is what matters not undergrad</p>
<p>In any field except patent law, nobody cares about your undergraduate education. (Nobody cares about the quality of your law school either; what matters is the prestige.)</p>
<p>No lawyer cares about where you did your undergrad, unless he happened to go to the same school as you. For entry level positions, it’s all about prestige of the law school, and increasingly, work experience.</p>
<p>The reason why pre-law school education matters for patent law, is that previous academic work (and often an advanced degree and professional work) in the field of expertise is expected.</p>