<p>I've tried really hard to find numbers for how well U Chicago grads do in terms of law school placement, but it seems like the university is very reluctant to release them. I asked a similar question in another U Chicago thread (I believe that one was about med school placement), but I'm making a new thread because I need all the INFORMED (as in, no high schoolers with no connections to the uni making generalizations) opinions I can get as soon as possible. I've been told that many people are pursuing work before applying to law school, and I'm particularly interested in international law, so any knowledge on how well Chicago grads fare getting jobs in DC/NY after graduation would also be very appreciated. BTW, it's currently between Chicago and Swarthmore...</p>
<p>If you’re set on law school, GPA and LSAT are the only two metrics that matter. Go where ever you have the best chance of maximizing these two numbers. </p>
<p>In the past, UChicago did pretty well in law placement (read: good, but below some of its immediate peers). Currently, UChicago probably does extremely well in law placement (read: about the same as most of its peers - i.e. Columbia, UPenn, etc.).</p>
<p>Cue7: How do you know? I believe you, I just wonder if you have any sources that can be found online.</p>
<p>PMCM18: As an admitted student, contact the UChicago pre-law advisor and ask to see admitted student data. I remember looking at this data when I was an undergrad at UChicago, and I remember the data being “pretty good” (read, below UChicago’s peers).</p>
<p>To get the hard data, contact the pre-law advisor.</p>
<p>UChicago’s network in D.C. Is second-to-none. Really. It’s shockingly good.</p>
<p>Thanks Cue7, I’'ll try to contact their pre-law advisor.</p>
<p>Brown releases full law school data and it does incredibly, incredibly well. I’m not sure UChicago does as well unfortunately. 26 to Harvard Law in one year is pretty amazing.</p>
<p>[Admission</a> Statistics | Law School Advising](<a href=“http://brown.edu/academics/college/advising/law-school/statistics]Admission”>Admission Statistics | Pre-Law Advising)</p>
<p>That’s great, but I prefer we keep this about U Chicago, whose top 5 Law School is nowhere to be seen there. I’d probably have better prospects as a U Chicago undergrad for there then.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Law School undergraduate representation](<a href=“Yale Law School undergraduate representation Forum - Page 2 - Top Law Schools”>Yale Law School undergraduate representation Forum - Page 2 - Top Law Schools)</p>
<p>Yale Law School 2010-11
Yale: 89
Harvard: 80
Stanford: 37
Princeton: 35
Brown: 22
Dartmouth: 18
Duke: 18
Columbia: 17
Chicago: 16
Berkeley: 16</p>
<p>Chicago does pretty well at Yale.</p>
<p>I do not know whether UofC students get special preferences in admissions process to the UofC Law School. However, I do know that UofC undergrads are well-represented at the Law School. Approximately 26-30 students (out of a class of 186) went to UofC for their undergrad.</p>
<p>I also know that UofC gives preferences to its own undergrads when it comes to law school financial aid.</p>
<p>[Undergrads</a> will get preference for Law School aid – The Chicago Maroon](<a href=“Saul Bellow, dead at 89 – Chicago Maroon”>Saul Bellow, dead at 89 – Chicago Maroon)</p>
<p>If you hope to get the exact placement statistics, please contact Debbie Chizewer at CCIL.</p>
<p>It seems like, especially of late, UChicago is doing just fine on law school placement. It’s interesting to note that in 2007-08, when UChicago had less accomplished undergrads, there were 8 UChicago grads at Yale law (as shown in goldenboy’s link).</p>
<p>Now, in 2010-11, there are 16 UChicago grads at Yale law. For a school of UChicago’s size, that’s one of the best improvements over a 3 year time frame, and closely coincides with the recent push (starting about 2005) to improve the College’s selectivity.</p>
<p>Given how admissions is going now, it’s probable that UChicago will continue to make strides forward in the pre-law placement. </p>
<p>Again, I will be curious to note if UChicago has any dips in performance for grad school placement or awards placement, as more top students decide to go to professional school rather than the phd route.</p>