I'm appying this year for LLMs. My choices are:

Harvard
Stanford
UPenn
Chicago
Northwestern
GWU
UCLA

I might change these last minute, but for now they are it. I have the following question:

- I have dual citizenship, would being american affect my chances in a negative way?
-Any inputs on admissions to these specific law schools? Any combo l(top 5%-2 yrs of work or so) that has proven to be most successful?

I worked 2 years as judicial clerk, and i'm currently working as a government official (attorney). Graduating top 5%.

Thanks

Chicago is known for only admitting folks with several years of prior experience.

The dual citizenship thing should only help you as it will make you appear more diverse, etc. However, you shouldn't mention in your application that you will want to seek long term employment in the US as schools may not want to admit you since you will likley not find a job and lower their reputation as to employment statistics.

Harvard, Stanford and Chicago are difficult to get into. Penn, Northwestern (expensive!), GWU and UCLA will be much easier. Good luck!

Thank you so muchhh for the comment, it totally makes sense.
I would still like to apply to Harvard and Stanford because both have greath programs, and the opportunities there would be endless.
UPenn, overall would probably be my top choice. And GWU and UCLA would be great for me as well.

I understand my lack of work experience could work against me in Chicago, and yes NW tuition is quite high. Any opinion in law schools I might try to consider instead of these?

I'm interested in overall good academic programs, with significant curriculum in ADR and IHR.

anyyyy other opinionnnnss???

I've also started to look into DUKE and CORNELL.