| The panels I attended all included students who had done public interest work and students who had done clinics/externships talking about their experience. At NYU, I attended a session with a professor who runs an indigent defenders clinic who talked about how NYU has a much greater focus on real-world clinical education than Columbia. Focus there seemed to be on innovation, here more on prestige.
At admitted students day last year, Columbia sold the prestige of the school, the expertise of the professors, and the dynamic current students. Columbia then sent an enormous number of materials after admission. What else would you expect the school to do? NYU sent materials as well, and had alumns who had chosen NYU over CLS call to talk about their choice. |