<p>Duke doesn’t have nearly the type of security when it comes to securing something at OCI that YHS can offer. Receiving a Darrow at Penn, Hamilton at Columbia, or a Rubie at Chicago might be a different story, but I don’t think $$$$ at Duke is enough to pass up on YHS.</p>
<p>Especially given your son’s interest in practicing public interest law, I think Yale is the right answer here. He’ll likely be able to take advantage of the LRAP programs for at least a few years, and he won’t face much in-house competition in his niche at Yale. Looking into to COAP/LRAP/LIPP programs is definitely something you should do. I’m under the impression that Harvard is slightly more generous with the details of their repayment program, but since they’re offering 20k less than Yale, the numbers still might favor Yale.</p>