Building an Application List for Public Interest
Hi all! Current second-year undergrad here. I’m graduating a year early (class of 2028) due to dual enrollment and APs from high school. I’m passionate about social and economic justice and particularly want to work in union-side labor law, although that isn’t set in stone. I’m trying to figure out which schools to apply to, and I’m curious if some of my current choices make sense. I’m applying to a lot of T14s with the assumption that I can take advantage of LRAP programs. Should I include any other schools? Remove some of these, maybe?
Stats: 4.0 GPA, 165 cold diagnostic and aiming for a February test date, 19 and will be 20 when applying + 21 when matriculating, want to practice in a major northeastern U.S. city (likely NYC, I live in the area), want to go to a school in the northeast and leaning towards urban schools.
Current top pick: NYU
Boston College, Boston University, Columbia, Cornell, CUNY, Georgetown, Harvard, Northeastern, St. Johns, UPenn, Yale
Thank you all for your help :)
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4 days ago
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Union-side labor law is my goal as well. Depending on your LSAT score, I’d look into UC Davis, Cal-Berkeley, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. All of those have placed very strongly in the Peggy Browning Fellowship. If you look up the Peggy Browning brochures, you’ll see more schools that might be of interest to you. I’ve heard Iowa isn’t bad either, and I’ve applied to schools like Marquette, St. John’s, and SLU for their strong labor & employment law programs.
Thanks a ton! I’ll take a look!