<p>For law, if you keep your GPA up in the top 10% at UChicago or so (3.8+) and do well on the LSAT, you are in good shape for admission to pretty much any law school, barring some remarkable blemish on your application. It may a bit harder to earn a 3.8 at UChicago than some places, but that does mean that admissions officers at law schools can take high grades seriously.</p>
<p>I think that because business and PhD programs take a larger share of the top students than at some peer schools, the quantity of UChicago students going to HYS law school is a bit lower than some peers. But anyone who takes care of business on the LSAT and attends UChicago will have plenty of law school options. </p>
<p>Another thing to keep in mind is that the classes at top law schools are small, in some cases very small (i.e. 175 at Yale and Stanford). So you have to have a really stellar application, regardless of where you attend college. I would say UChicago is definitely an asset on your application if you have the GPA and LSAT (i.e. admissions counselors are going to be pretty confident that a 3.8 from Chicago indicates a truly outstanding student).</p>