> Most folks at Harvard law are going to go to corporate law firms, where most of the clients are rich white people. Are you suggesting that as a Bangladeshi I'

> Most folks at Harvard law are going to go to corporate law firms, where most of the clients are rich white people. Are you suggesting that as a Bangladeshi I'm less helpful to my clients because I'm not from a similar community? Is a lawyer from a less affluent part of Appalachia less helpful? Yes. Somebody from the same background as you will have a better chance of connecting, having you understand their priors, having you understand their idoms of speech. Many more things. It does not make you useless to other people, nor make me useless to Bangladeshi. Also when applied in individual cases it can be misleading and confusing. It is a community effect. For a very confidant client, or a lawyer who is on the autistic spectrum, it matters much less. But for the Bangladeshi just dropped in from Sirajganj whit some money to invest but few contacts it could be a life saver.