... ’m willing to attend. UCLA, NotreDame and Irvine are not T ... why Irvine, NotreDame, and UCLA?
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> NotreDame seems tough ... in California? If so maybe NotreDame has the bigger national name ...
There are multiple schools in the US that offer a study abroad for a year option. It still counts towards your JD here. The one I know of is NotreDame which does study abroad placements in the UK for second/third year law students.
Apply to schools where your score is above median, like UMinn or NotreDame and wait until you get your November scores back to apply to T14. As this is going to be a long cycle, an app in December is not going to be late at all.