Well, I'll throw in my two cents, as someone who is just about to finish the process that your son wants to go through (undergrad+law school), and had almost the same exact grades, at least for undergrad.
I think something people may not be keeping in mind is, is that law school is immensely expensive, it is just just as bad as the ivies. Additionally, unlike with undergrad, going to the best law school possible actually MATTERS, a huge amount.
Law schools care about two things, and only two things (except for URM status), the LSAT (60% of the decision), and undergraduate GPA (40% of the decision). Some schools weight the two a bit a differently. What school he went to, and what degree he chooses, are very weak soft factors.
Law employers, in general, care an immense amount about what law school you went too, and how well you did at that law school. They don't care about your undergrad (unless it is patent law). Along with any relevant legal experience, this makes up most of their hiring decision. If it is a top end law school, they may accept average grades, but at an average law school, they really want to see top 10-20% grades.
Top law schools cost about 50-60k a year, in tuition, and rarely give out scholarships, of any sort, it will be much harder to get financial aid from them. Even the lowest quality law schools are in the 30k/year range, just for tuition.
So, whatever you decide, just keep this information in mind. The ivy league school is going to have a marginal effect on your son's job prospects, if he goes into law. From what I have read, this also applies even he does not go into law. But, if he is dead set on going to an Ivy, just for the experience, that is fine, he just can expect to have 200-300k of debt when he graduates from law school, or not be able to go to law school at all because of the crushing amount of debt he very well may have to take on.
I think something people may not be keeping in mind is, is that law school is immensely expensive, it is just just as bad as the ivies. Additionally, unlike with undergrad, going to the best law school possible actually MATTERS, a huge amount.
Law schools care about two things, and only two things (except for URM status), the LSAT (60% of the decision), and undergraduate GPA (40% of the decision). Some schools weight the two a bit a differently. What school he went to, and what degree he chooses, are very weak soft factors.
Law employers, in general, care an immense amount about what law school you went too, and how well you did at that law school. They don't care about your undergrad (unless it is patent law). Along with any relevant legal experience, this makes up most of their hiring decision. If it is a top end law school, they may accept average grades, but at an average law school, they really want to see top 10-20% grades.
Top law schools cost about 50-60k a year, in tuition, and rarely give out scholarships, of any sort, it will be much harder to get financial aid from them. Even the lowest quality law schools are in the 30k/year range, just for tuition.
So, whatever you decide, just keep this information in mind. The ivy league school is going to have a marginal effect on your son's job prospects, if he goes into law. From what I have read, this also applies even he does not go into law. But, if he is dead set on going to an Ivy, just for the experience, that is fine, he just can expect to have 200-300k of debt when he graduates from law school, or not be able to go to law school at all because of the crushing amount of debt he very well may have to take on.