{"id":167126,"date":"2026-11-10T15:27:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/11\/10\/why-we-call-the-old-line-firms-white-shoe\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:27:55","slug":"why-we-call-the-old-line-firms-white-shoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/11\/10\/why-we-call-the-old-line-firms-white-shoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Call The Old-Line Firms \u2018White Shoe\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Every lawyer knows what a \u201cwhite-shoe firm\u201d is \u2014 an old-line, prestigious, tradition-bound, Wall Street firm. But the label is literal: it comes from an actual piece of footwear. What shoe gave the white-shoe firm its name?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hint: It was a warm-weather staple on Ivy League campuses in the 1930s and \u201940s. Wearing it marked you as a member of a particular social set: the same set that ran the old-line Wall Street firms, and, for decades, kept nearly everyone else out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Why We Call The Old-Line Firms \u2018White Shoe\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Every lawyer knows what a \u201cwhite-shoe firm\u201d is \u2014 an old-line, prestigious, tradition-bound, Wall Street firm. But the label is literal: it comes from an actual piece of footwear. What shoe gave the white-shoe firm its name?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hint: It was a warm-weather staple on Ivy League campuses in the 1930s and \u201940s. Wearing it marked you as a member of a particular social set: the same set that ran the old-line Wall Street firms, and, for decades, kept nearly everyone else out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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