<p>If he is really absolutely going to stay in AZ, then going to school there, and if he is in the top of his class and Law Review, then working summers at top AZ firms will give him a solid start, perhaps better than Harvard.</p>
<p>But....does he really know that?? After second year top students get all sorts of opportunities to interview at top firms all over the country. Or his area of interest in law may change, and he may want to work at a Govt agency or Justice or clerk for a Federal Judge.</p>
<p>What area of law is he interested in, or what type of law does he want to practice/what kind of firm? Anything else but absolute knowledge that he wants to remain in AZ, and in an area of law that he can do there and study there, would dictate Harvard.</p>