So for law school, there where will matter little, if at all. Just look at who goes to Harvard Law and other top schools - from over 100 colleges.
When I see your title - colleges like Emory - I think of Rice, Vandy, and WUSTL. To a lesser extent Miami. All are city adjacent - even closer to the action than Emory.
For safer, it could be a Denver or Butler, etc.
You noted Bryn Mawr - which is all female - - so then in Atlanta you have Agnes Scott - much smaller.
For publics, bigger but Pitt has the urbanness you might like. College of Charleston is smack in the action. If you’re strong enough for Emory, you might qualify for their Fellows program which is wonderful. My daughter chose the school/program over much higher ranked schools. Tons of enrichment…
An outlier in size and maybe a bit too far from the action - but Furman is an easier admit.
Reading the other messages now - so I guess I should say, seconding @Greatpyrmom - as we had similar thoughts.
Good luck.