tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36806700.post375629376560720163..comments2023-10-26T01:39:57.979-07:00Comments on Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot: Another "must read" by Bill HendersonJim Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07826239123270878626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36806700.post-58292621450573498192008-08-19T03:26:00.000-07:002008-08-19T03:26:00.000-07:00Good Job! :)Good Job! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36806700.post-27320748230155422102008-08-10T17:43:00.000-07:002008-08-10T17:43:00.000-07:00A very thoughtful comment, Colin. Thanks!A very thoughtful comment, Colin. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642624069253492561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36806700.post-51543442784523826912008-08-03T11:57:00.000-07:002008-08-03T11:57:00.000-07:00If firms use USNews as a guide to which schools to...If firms use USNews as a guide to which schools to choose for associates, it's because they're piggybacking on all of the work done by admissions teams at those schools. I think we can safely, though not without tears, say that prospective students will follow the usnews rankings a great deal in their selection of which law school to go to. Given that, the real sorting power belongs to the admissions committees. All that thought that goes into reading essays and letters of recommendation and examining transcripts and [in some cases] doing interviews should, if law school admissions officers are doing their jobs properly, mean that students should already be very well sorted by the time they ever apply for a firm job where hiring partners don't have time to do another 10 round battery of examinations. To complain that law firms rely too heavily on usnews rankings is thus completely backwards.Patrick Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14391207151296344354noreply@blogger.com