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<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 183776" data-attributes="member: 36777">I think it's in big part just a supply-demand issue: there has been an exponential increase in the number of applicants, but there hasn't been a anything close to a proportional increase in the number of places available at top firms. When firms are getting 50 or 100 applicants per spot, they have to filter candidates one way or another. Grades or WG scores are just a very easy way to do so, as looking at scores come with an apparent &quot;objectivity&quot; that is not as present in a more holistic and multifaceted assessment. I'd also say this happens because law is unfortunately a very prestige-driven industry. Clients who pay high fees want to be represented by prestigious firms - firm prestige is apparently very relevant at the negotiating table, sometimes more so that the actual arguments levied by each side's counsel. To create and maintain a perception of high prestige which attracts high-paying clients, firms want to show themselves as incredibly selective, by recruiting the students with the highest grades from the 'best' universities. I agree that in practice law is a not a very accessible profession, but I do not think any one firm gate keeps it intentionally. Because of the culture of prestige which has evolved over the centuries in the legal market, firms do not have much choice in pursuing prestige-focused recruitment strategy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 183776, member: 36777"] I think it's in big part just a supply-demand issue: there has been an exponential increase in the number of applicants, but there hasn't been a anything close to a proportional increase in the number of places available at top firms. When firms are getting 50 or 100 applicants per spot, they have to filter candidates one way or another. Grades or WG scores are just a very easy way to do so, as looking at scores come with an apparent "objectivity" that is not as present in a more holistic and multifaceted assessment. I'd also say this happens because law is unfortunately a very prestige-driven industry. Clients who pay high fees want to be represented by prestigious firms - firm prestige is apparently very relevant at the negotiating table, sometimes more so that the actual arguments levied by each side's counsel. To create and maintain a perception of high prestige which attracts high-paying clients, firms want to show themselves as incredibly selective, by recruiting the students with the highest grades from the 'best' universities. I agree that in practice law is a not a very accessible profession, but I do not think any one firm gate keeps it intentionally. Because of the culture of prestige which has evolved over the centuries in the legal market, firms do not have much choice in pursuing prestige-focused recruitment strategy. [/QUOTE]

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