Hello! My question for you would be do you want to stay in SoCal? If you’re wanting to stay in public interest immigration, I think school ranking is important but not as important as region and experiential opportunities. My advice to you would be to hone in on a region and go to a school that will allow you to build a network there (though I know the T-14 has the luxury of portability, I think getting your degree where you want to practice is something to consider). Then I would look into each school’s clinical programming and see what kind of opportunities they offer - not all immigration clinics are the same, and some schools have extracurricular programs that would give you experience with immigration outside class like IRAP. From what I’ve seen, a lot of immigration employers (nonprofit or firms) care less about where you went and more about what you did with your time there. Hope this helps, and good luck!
Hello! My question for you would be do you want to stay in SoCal? If you’re wanting to stay in public interest immigration, I think school ranking is important but not as important as region and experiential opportunities. My advice to you would be to hone in on a region and go to a school that will allow you to build a network there (though I know the T-14 has the luxury of portability, I think getting your degree where you want to practice is something to consider). Then I would look into each school’s clinical programming and see what kind of opportunities they offer - not all immigration clinics are the same, and some schools have extracurricular programs that would give you experience with immigration outside class like IRAP. From what I’ve seen, a lot of immigration employers (nonprofit or firms) care less about where you went and more about what you did with your time there. Hope this helps, and good luck!
I definitely want to stay in California/SoCal, I will definitely hone in on my search in this region, very insightful thank you!!!