<p>This may be a stupid question... but I was just wondering if there are any undergrad schools that have special relationships with certain law schools in terms of admissions. I mean besides the obvious stuff like Yale undergrad and Yale law (though I don't know if it's even easier for them to get into YLS...).</p>
<p>So are there any schools that have "connections" with top law schools when it comes to admissions?</p>
<p>Thanks. ;)</p>
<p>no.........</p>
<p>UPenn has a program which allows its students to sub-matriculate and count the first year of LS as the last year of college. This allows you to go through college and LS in six years. There are other LSs further down the totem pole that have similar 3/3 programs. </p>
<p>Otherwise, I think it's fair to say that most top law schools do display some slight favortism to UGs from their own university. In some cases, I don't think this is a conscious policy. It's just that at the margins things like LORs matter, and there is a better chance that the person reading your LOR will actually know the prof who wrote it. Most of us tend to give more weight to recs from people we know. </p>
<p>The problem is that before you go to colege, it's impossible to know whether you'll end up in the zone to be given serious consideration. So, if you go to Yale College and end up with a 3.3 it's extremely unlikely you'll get into Yale Law School and your choice of UG will not benefit you. If you get a 3.9, it might help. If you got a great LOR from a LS prof who also taught an UG course, that could help too. But there is no way that you can know such things in advance.</p>
<p>Georgetown Law Center has an Early Assurance program that is available to Georgetown juniors. </p>
<p>As you noted, HLS has an affinity for Harvard undergrads.</p>
<p>I've been told that 10% of Penn law students were Penn undergrads, and I believe it, but more likely I want to believe it. hah.</p>