It was a GOOD week for hopeful job candidates from non-top tier law schools after a well-known hiring partner wrote a column explaining why his firm does not hire Ivy League grads.
Adam Leitman Bailey, an author and one of New York’s most prominent real estate attorneys, posted the column on Huffington Post, stating that his 20-attorney firm needs candidates who are hungry, and hard workers.
“We want lawyers who have competed for three years for the top grades and at the same time who have learned topics relevant to our real estate practice,” he wrote.
Students at the top tier schools have been coddled by guaranteed jobs and lax grading standards.
“[T]he students have no incentive to work hard and learn when they have guaranteed summer associate positions and guaranteed job offers. Their students typically have no incentive to get the best grades in their classes. They also have no incentive to squeeze as much learning as possible out of the law school experience.”
Bailey graduated from Syracuse University College of Law.
