What is a "white shoe" corporate law firm?

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White-shoe law firms are "owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative". The term "white-shoe" originally referred to elite college men who wore white buckskin shoes in the 1950s at Ivy League schools. Mar 05 06, 6:39 AM

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