<p>My d who is a junior wants to become a prosecutor. Since most prosecutors are local or state, I think that means she should end up going to a strong regional college for whatever part of the country she wants to live. That means I am looking for colleges that have good acceptance rates to law school but to strong state schools, not Ivies. I don't think there is any advantage to her attending an Ivy League or similar school and the disadvantages would be the debt that would be hard to pay off as a public servant. I have searched this forum and have seen lists of who attends schools like Yale Law or some other prestigious law school but I am looking for opposite lists. Colleges who have large percentages of students who apply to any law school get admittance.</p>
<p>She should probably just try for the best combination of academic quality and financial feasibility. And since most places don’t have a pre-law major, you aren’t searching for strength in a particular field. What if there’s a great non-regional school that gives her good merit aid? It’s really hard to tell without stats.</p>
<p>You need to give us more info, but your focus is out of kilter right now (and it should be your daughter’s focus). Any quality education at a good undergraduate school, focusing on reading, writing essays and composition, and a broad liberal arts emphasis filled with literature, history, philosophy and social sciences will prepare someone well for law school. In fact, you can major in just about anything and if you do well you can go to law school. Where you go to law school has a more direct bearing on where you end up practicing, unless you are looking for particularly good alumni connections to help land a job.</p>
<p>Since starting prosecutors are low paid and you don’t really need big connections to land such a job, she should just get the best undergrad education possible which will land her in any decent law school. If she is planning on practicing close to home, it would make sense to go the state law school, which usually has more of its alums practicing locally and also emphasizes bar passage in your state. The key is to be able to write well, think critically, and having good public speaking skills would be a plus for a prosecuter.</p>
<p>I would also highly recommend she read Vincent Bugliosi’s Helter Skelter about the Manson murders. Best crime/prosecutor book ever written. If she loves that book, she knows that is her calling. If she does not, she should think about doing something else.</p>