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You are definitely a private school kid
What about the latter category? Don't they deserve a second shot a law? At a sophisticated campus life? An attempt at social mobility in legal field?
2. I - SC Judicial clerkship... D- HC Judicial clerkship
3. I - 5 policy/research/SC internships... D- 5 SC/HC/NGO internships
4. I - 1 international journal publication... D- multiple national journals
5. I - recommendation from SC Judge, VC, person of eminence. D- 2 recommendation from judge & VC
This is the start. Depends on luck & preference.
Source - Me. Private college. Phd-Ox. Currently Post-Doc @Harvard (Law)
Mooting - it would matter a fair bit if you won any top international moot or even went through semis - but it will be difficult to find other students and resources at your school to make that achievable.