Meritocracy, Ho!
I didn't know if we covered this gem here, yet, even though it *is* two years old.
It also doesn't really apply to law firms in the way in which it appears in this article.
"If you want to get a job at the very best law firm, investment bank, or consultancy, here�s what you do:
1. Go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or (maybe) Stanford. If you�re a business student, attending the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania will work, too, but don�t show up with a diploma from Dartmouth or MIT. No one cares about those places.
2. Don�t work your rear off for a 4.0. Better to graduate with 3.7 and a bunch of really awesome extracurriculars. And by �really awesome� I mean literally climbing Everest or winning an Olympic medal. Playing intramurals doesn�t cut it.
That�s the upshot of an enlightening/depressing study about the ridiculously narrow-minded people who make hiring decisions at the aforementioned elite companies. The author of this study�Lauren Rivera, an assistant professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University�gained inside access to the hiring process at one such (unnamed) business, and picked the brains of recruiters at other firms."
http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/brown-and-cornell-are-second-tier/27565
