Admissions

We've been asked for examples of diversity statements many times; here are several great ones.

We've reached out to a number of friends at law schools and firms and companies to see what things applicants did that made them grouchy.

Over the past few years more and more schools have tried a variety of methods to control the arms-race of scholarship negotiation; one way is asking for people to withdraw from all schools to which they have been admitted and to verify that they have done so when depositing. Below is a link to the LSAC Statement of Good Admissions Practices – a good reference this time of year. Note the section on Commitments: http://www.lsac.org/docs/default-source/publications-%28lsac-resources%29/ statemen

As deposit deadlines are nearing, scholarship negotiation season is in full swing.

Hi Mr. Spivey, I wanted to thank your for your review of my resume in yesterday’s U.S. News & World Report article on law school resumes [http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/articles/2017-02-02/a-law-school-resume-that-made-the-cut] . Surely, my success is due in-part to your willingness to support prospective applicants via your guidance on the Top Law Schools forums. I do not believe I would have applied to Harvard without the encouragement I felt from readin

Please note that this example was published in 2017, and law school admissions develops over time.

This is an important post, notably because there are a few critical misconceptions out there about how files are read.

“But I don’t have a WOW factor.”