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Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by MiroF on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:34PM (#24611142)
That's not what a legacy admit is defined to be.
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Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by gamblor956 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:49PM (#24611248)
That's exactly what a legacy admit is defined as. What non-standard definition are you using?
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Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by xdavidliu on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:40PM (#24611625)
"Legacy preference or legacy admission is a preference given by an institution or organization to certain applicants on the basis of their familial relationship to alumni of that institution."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_preferences

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Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by wtallis on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:08PM (#24611408)
Legacy admissions usually refers to admitting a student because they're related to alumni of the same institution. Which Trump went to Georgetown?
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Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by scottmcf on Sunday September 27, 2020 @09:01PM (#24611750)
Eric Trump.
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