Shannon Bartlett

Experience

Shannon has worked across the full arc of legal education, from practicing law to supporting students as an Associate Dean to reviewing applications and recruiting the next generation of law students. Her admissions work has included reviewing applications, counseling prospective applicants, and hosting admitted student programming.

• Served in student affairs at the University of Chicago Law School
  
  • Dean of Students
  • Associate Director of Student Affairs
• Held multiple roles at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, all with a significant admissions and student engagement component
  
  • Associate Dean of Inclusion and Engagement
  • Director of Diversity Education and Outreach
  • Lecturer in Law (seminars on Free Speech on Campus and the International Travel Program)
• Practiced civil rights and complex civil litigation
  
  • Legal Fellow, Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU of Illinois
  • Associate, Jenner & Block LLP
• Taught legal writing at Loyola University Chicago School of Law as an Adjunct Professor

Shannon is passionate about demystifying the law school admissions process. As a first-generation law school applicant who applied to exactly one school, late in the cycle, with no guidance and no roadmap, she knows firsthand what it costs not to know what you are doing and she is committed to making sure her clients do not repeat that experience. She helps applicants understand the process, their options, and how to present themselves authentically and strategically. As a former Dean of Students, she also cares deeply about what happens after the acceptance letter arrives, and she works to ensure that admitted students choose the school where they will genuinely thrive and achieve the professional outcomes they are working toward.

Education

Shannon earned her JD summa cum laude from DePaul University College of Law, her Master of Arts in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently working towards obtaining her International Coaching Federation certification.

Personal Note

Shannon is a coach and consultant, a native Chicagoan, and the proud parent of two kids and Cinna, her mischievous dog. She enjoys the summers enthusiastically, tolerates the Chicago winters with varying degrees of grace, and loves exploring her creative side, even when that means bad poetry, mediocre crochet, off-rhythm tap dancing, and unevenly baked cakes. Shannon firmly believes the value is in the journey and in putting yourself out there. Not coincidentally, that happens to echo the advice she gives to her clients.