Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Never a good sign for your lawyer to have attended a school like Cooley, much like you don't want to go to an American doctor who went to medical school in the Caribbean or Philippines.
However, I'd like to know why Cohen ended up at Cooley. Bad LSAT scores? Bad grades?
Not defending the guy, but sometimes people end up at bad schools because they goofed off at their previous school (due to immaturity), and then get it together at that point and take everything seriously.
So it can't be directly inferred that Cohen is a terrible lawyer because he went to Cooley.
But if I were hiring a lawyer, would I want someone who went there? No.
For the most part, a graduate of a prestigious law school is someone who indicated they were smart/hardworking enough to both get in and complete the rigorous program, so that's why you want someone like that representing you. The quality of the education itself is secondary to that.