Actually, I haven't looked that much into Chicago, largely because I wanted to get out of a big city setting and also because of the cold :( However, for the right program, I'd totally reconsider, so I don't want to overlook that. Are you thinking their law school or a PhD program?
They have a top political economy program, though it's more taught from an economics perspective than a political science one (I think, it's been a while since I looked at it). I don't know if they do joint law degrees, but it might be worth looking at.
I had a 3.4 GPA and a 3.6 major GPA in my field, and I got into a top PhD program in my field. PhD admissions are more holistic than simply looking at the numbers. However, law school admissions are very numbers focused, so it's possible that you may get into PhD programs but not to JD programs at the same schools.
GRE scores can keep you out but they can't get you in. So they're only a formality insofar as you get scores that are acceptable to the respective graduate schools to which you apply.
I actually think most law schools in the top 15 can prepare you for academic law careers, although you can't go much lower than that - I was helping a friend with this question and browsed some pages, and even the professors at tier 3 law schools went to places like Harvard, Yale, or at least Northwestern and Georgetown. There is a little more diversity in where they came from, but still, most of the professors are coming from top 25 law schools.
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GRE scores can keep you out but they can't get you in. So they're only a formality insofar as you get scores that are acceptable to the respective graduate schools to which you apply.
I actually think most law schools in the top 15 can prepare you for academic law careers, although you can't go much lower than that - I was helping a friend with this question and browsed some pages, and even the professors at tier 3 law schools went to places like Harvard, Yale, or at least Northwestern and Georgetown. There is a little more diversity in where they came from, but still, most of the professors are coming from top 25 law schools.
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