For “transfering up” . I would guess you would probably you have to do very well at your 1L school to be a compelling transfer candidate,no?
Can superior 1L performance be assured, simply because you scored a few points above the average of your class on the LSAT?
My guess is there is no guarantee of superior performance in 1L,. hence no guarantee of “transferring up”. for a given candidate, individually. Making a decision to attend a weaker school in 1L a somewhat risky strategy… Unless that school is “good enough” in itself, if you wind up “stuck” there.