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OK, what is a SPLA school. I looked it up and just get Sudan People's Liberation Army.
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hahaha! Small Private Liberal Arts
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Yes, sorry, Wren.  In my defense, I did translate my made-up abbreviation at the start of my post. But I just wasn't going to type ALL THOSE LETTERS over and over! L-A-A-A-A-A-Z-Y!!!
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Wren, I still have connections in the investment world. While I respect your opinion on hiring practices, I find it very limiting, black and white and according to my sources, not entirely true. So I guess we'll have to respectfully agree to disagree. 
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Are there exceptions? I am one. I got hired over all the MBAs. They told me when I was interviewed, through a personal referral, that they were looking for an MBA for the position. Ten days later I was offered the job, and it was Merrill Lynch too. I covered retail stores: department and food. Then I got clothing.
Then I switched firms and worked for the top auto analyst, who was a woman. And no one asked after that where I went to school or what I took. So my actual situation is mutli-colored.
But I do wish to have you all over for a cocktail party, would be an interesting conversation. But then you wouldn't take me seriously.
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I'd love to come over and talk to you. I think it would be most enlightening
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I will be in Manasquan, NJ after 6/20. I will pay for the wine.
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The older I get the smaller I find the world...NJ is old stomping grounds for me. I used to love goin' "down the shore"--have fun!
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I think Manasquan is quite different. We go there because it is family central, millions of kids.
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Ren,
Your experience is not unusual. The major law firms also take the easy way out - often preferring the big name law schools, always wanting law review. It's like a shortcut for them. 5-10 years out, it doesn't make a difference. Individuals excel based on their own merits, and the big firms are not as concerned with where the lateral hire went to school.
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