I´ve been admitted to Northwestern and Georgetown. I haven´t been able to decide to which university attend. Can anyone advice?

Which field do you want to specialize in? Which programs have you been admitted in? Have you applied for the Kellog certificate? Are you domestic or international? Where would you like to work?

I'll be attending NU. I think that NU law is sligthly better than Georgetown. In Washington you're also paying for studying next to Capitol Hill...hope to see you in Chicago, but GU is great school too.

I am an international student.The LLM in Northwestern will be the general (not Kellog). I would like to focus on corporate law. After the LLM I would like to continue working in a law firm. I am also in the waiting list in Chicago University.

I am an international student.The LLM in Northwestern will be the general (not Kellog). I would like to focus on corporate law. After the LLM I would like to continue working in a law firm. I am also in the waiting list in Chicago University.

If someone needs an Interactive form for the INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE to be filled for obtaining I-20 or DS-2019, they can download the same from the following link.

http://rapidshare.com/files/218664911/Visa_Status_questionnaire_GULC_INT.pdf

as far as your query is concerned, I would only like to say that NU is considered a very good program for Corporate laws( Kellogg), however I have very little information about the general LL.M. NU is ranked higher, NU by Princeton review is considered the top program even ahead of HLS, SLS, YLS as far as job prospects are concerned( this is applicable to JD, have no clue abt LL.M.). I am not sure how true this statement is but have read it. GULC is very good too, will offer you lot of advantages, rated very high for several programs, DC advantage being one, GULC is no. 3 as far as placement ratio at top firms is concerned( JD ranking, not LL.M.) DC is recession proof, has the second largest number of firms' headquarters, will definitely offer better opportunities for networking, etc.
rest choosing a school is a matter of personal choice and go where your heart wants to take you.

For what it's worth, the Princeton Review rankings are widely ridiculed - they don't even pass the laugh test. They're second only to the Cooley rankings.

Also, the fact that some top law schools like Columbia, Northwestern, Georgetown, and NYU do very well in "top firm placement" is actually a negative sign. They're obviously excellent schools, but at that level law firm jobs are easy to get (for JD students; in a normal economy). The challenge at top 10 schools is getting judicial clerkships, which are far more competitive and prestigious. GULC and Columbia's high rankings in firm placement, as contrasted with Yale's for example, signal weakness. It just shows that Yale (and to a lesser degree Harvard & Stanford) are getting a lot more clerkships than GULC, NU, Columbia, etc.

Rankings can be misleading...

p.s. I'd choose Northwestern, absent compelling specific reasons for wanting to be in GULC. NU has a slightly better reputation, is in a better city, and most importantly has a smaller, more intimate academic program.