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<p>I don’t think undergrad major or the nameplate of the undergrad institution matter one whit for law school admission. What matters is undergrad GPA and LSAT scores. Period. The law schools themselves say so, as does every website devoted to law school admissions. The law schools are living under the tyranny of the US News rankings, far more so than undergraduate admissions offices are. The top law schools can’t afford to do anything to jeopardize their US News rankings, and their admission stats–especially undergrad GPA and LSAT scores of their entering class–figure so prominently in that, they feel they have no choice but to make those factors decisive. At the very top of the heap, Yale and Stanford are exceptions, but only because they get so many extremely qualified applicants for such a small class that they can be more ‘holistic.’ Even Harvard, with a much bigger class to fill, has to play the numbers game.</p>
<p>That said, Michigan grads do just fine in the competition. You just need a high GPA and a strong LSAT score. You don’t need to be a poli sci major; that’s fine if that’s where your interests lie, but statistically, math, philosophy, and even Classics majors have a better track record of gaining admission to top law schools, possibly because math and philosophy teach you to think logically and rigorously, and philosophy and Classics train you to read obscure texts carefully and critically, developing skills that may allow you to do better on the LSAT. But ultimately it’s your GPA and LSAT score, not your major, that will matter.</p>