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December 31, 2009
Last week we discusses Stanford Law School’s recently released admissions blog; the week before we highlighted Harvard in Focus. This week, we’d like to point out yet another admissions blog that students can use as a valuable resource.
Yale Law School, like Stanford and Harvard, provides an admissions blog that discusses a range of topics – various categories of topics discussed include, “Applying,” “Bad Ideas” and “Student Life.” The blog – entitled the (203) Admissions Blog – is a great resource for students considering applying to Yale, as the various posts provide an insider’s look at different aspects of the admissions process, Yale curriculum and student life. It’s also just as good a resource for students . . . → Continue Reading
December 30, 2009
In a recent press release, Columbia Law School announced that it has established the world’s first endowed professorship in climate change law, the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice.
The Law School’s initial distinction is slated for Professor Michael Gerrard, who is the current Director of the CLS Center for Climate Change Law.
The announcement was originally made in mid-December, during the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, reflecting the timeliness of Columbia’s maneuver. With climate change legislation slowly making headway in the U.S. Congress, law schools have followed suit, focusing more research and coursework on current aspects of environmental law and reform.
Upon receiving the professorship, Gerrard echoed the relevance of the issue.
“In the midst . . . → Continue Reading
December 30, 2009
Earlier this winter we posted some very basic interview etiquette information that will help candidates ensure that everything is in order on the big day. Today, we turn our attention to some steps one can take to prepare for the interview itself.
1) Know what to expect. This might go without saying, but interview types and duration vary across programs. We therefore encourage law school applicants to do research regarding their schools’ interview processes. Thinking carefully about the format of the interview and the person conducting it will influence the sort of questions you might come prepared to ask and help you arrive at a mindset conducive to success.
2) Review your materials. Because it’s . . . → Continue Reading
December 29, 2009
Throughout the fall semester, we relayed a few examples of the tangible impact law school students have had while advocating for clients via innocence clinics.
Now, a recently released report, conveyed by the University of Wisconsin Law School, compiles a more comprehensive list of successful innocence clinic projects.
The report, “Innocence Network Exonerations 2009,” chronicles the overturned cases of 27 wrongly-convicted individuals in the past year. The cases were won by 54 affiliated Innocence Network organizations at law schools, public defenders, and other reinvestigation offices. Nine of the organizations are international, stretching the member group abroad.
“Every one of these cases had ripple effects well beyond the innocent . . . → Continue Reading
December 29, 2009
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, Clear Admit’s weekly exploration into a leading law school. Today we’re considering the Low Income Protection Plan (LIPP), Harvard Law School’s financial aid incentive program offered to encourage students to pursue public interest employment after graduation.
Like many leading law schools, HLS has developed a loan-repayment assistance program for students who secure full-time post-graduate employment in the government, non-profit organizations or academia. Harvard’s program allows participants to pay a much smaller percentage of salary toward annual law school loan payments than they would on their own, with LIPP covering the difference. LIPP requires no up front commitment to the public sector, which makes it one of the most . . . → Continue Reading
December 28, 2009
Students working in Columbia Law School’s Child Advocacy Clinic recently took charge to help youth in foster care apply to, enroll in, and most importantly, graduate from college. In New York City, foster care services end at the age of 21, but most youth do not graduate from college until they are 22, thus impeding their ability to achieve their diplomas. Although foster youth enrolled in college can apply for an extension of services, called Exception to Policy (ETP), the bureaucratic guidelines, including the deadlines for ETP forms and the amount of time an ETP takes to be processed, are often too restrictive to be helpful.
To ameliorate this system, Columbia third-year student Lilli Scalettar and alumna Melissa Hazell ’09 . . . → Continue Reading
December 28, 2009
Using a past recession to offer perspective on current conditions, the American Bar Association’s ABA Journal addresses the legal landscape in its publication this month.
The cover story for the January 2010 issue, “When the Detour Becomes the Destination“, examines the legal recession of the early 1990s. In that period, though the economic recession itself ended in 1991, the employment rate for law school graduates took longer to recover, resuming positive growth in 1994.
Despite the prolonged downturn, the article cites surveys from the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) that indicate that an “overwhelming majority” of graduates managed to find positions that utilized their law degrees.
The article makes use of a number of positive example “detours” to . . . → Continue Reading
December 25, 2009
Hello and welcome to Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admit’s awesome amble through the sometimes pleasing, often perplexing experiences of law school applicants and current students. This week in the ‘blawgosphere’ there was a collective sigh of relief as most exams were finally completed and a few days of recuperation were granted. Applicant bloggers have begun to hear back about their applications, which has been good for the most part.
0L Sue provided her second installation of Mandarin Mondays. 0L Ricky Nelson reviewed a book how to get the most out of law school, but wasn’t overly effusive with his praise. Miami ’12 Goateed 1L enjoyed his vacation and caught up with non-law reading, though he was eyeing . . . → Continue Reading
December 24, 2009
On Tuesday, the University of California, Hastings College of Law announced that Frank Wu has been named the school’s next dean.
Wu is a legal professor at Howard University who previously served as dean of Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Mich. Upon his appointment at Wayne State, Wu was the youngest law school dean in the country.
About the decision, Bruce Simon, Chair of the Hastings Board of Directors and co-chair of the Dean Selection Committee, said, “Wu is a brilliant, world-class scholar and national leader in higher education. He was selected because of his powerful strategic vision for raising our 131-year-old law school to a new level.”
In making the decision, Simon was . . . → Continue Reading
December 24, 2009
Last week, we discussed HLS in Focus, Harvard Law School’s admission blog. This year, we’d like to highlight The Faye-mous SLS Admissions Blog. Like Harvard, Stanford Law School’s admissions blog is a valuable resource for prospective students hoping to gain an insider’s look at the program. Unlike HLS in Focus, however, Stanford’s blog has recently been introduced to the blogosphere, with its inaugural post being published on December 15th.
The new blog is written by Faye Deal, Stanford Law School’s associate dean for admissions and financial aid. Deal has served as Stanford’s associate dean since 1992. In her first post, Deal encourages her readers to, “Come along for the ride – you’ll find tips, you’ll get advice, you’ll . . . → Continue Reading
December 23, 2009
Earlier this winter we offered some basic advice regarding how to start working on one’s resume for the law school admissions process. Today we want to offer some general tips for applicants on getting the most mileage out of their resumes. As many of our readers know, the resume is not only an important component of your application package, it’s also a great place to start when crafting your overall positioning strategy. This document forces one to distill a candidacy into a single page – focusing on key aspects and themes. With that in mind, here are a few simple tips to get you started:
1) First things first. You can lead with either . . . → Continue Reading
December 23, 2009
Back in late August, we conveyed the unique story of the University of California, Irvine School of Law: Boosted by a $20 million donation, the new program was able to offer full scholarships for its entire inaugural class.
As a result, and with the recession enhancing tuition-consciousness, the 60-person Class of 2012 was highly selective, despite the newness of the law school.
Now, UC Irvine has returned with a similar course of action for its second class.
In a press release Monday, the law school indicated that it will provide scholarships for the entire Class of 2013. These scholarships will provide students with at least 50 . . . → Continue Reading
December 22, 2009
As the number of LSAT test-takers in America has risen to record levels, it seems that the exam is expanding its international scope, as well.
An article in The Times of India last week indicated the growing influence of the LSAT exam in India, as many law schools there are considering the Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) standardized test, despite the fact that the Common Law Admission Test already exists in India.
The development of an Indian version of the LSAT has been in the works for some time. In a March press release from Pearson VUE, the private firm . . . → Continue Reading
December 22, 2009
Today in Trivia Tuesday we take a look at a unique exchange program maintained by New York City’s leading law schools: NYU School of Law and Columbia Law School.
Upper-level students at both law schools have the option of taking one course at the other school through the Columbia Law School/NYU School of Law Exchange. An agreement between the two New York City schools permits 30 students from each institution to enroll in a single course at the other school during one semester of 2L or 3L. Past courses offered by NYU to Columbia students as part of the exchange include European Consumer Law, Affirmative Action Today, . . . → Continue Reading
December 21, 2009
The annual Berkeley Law Foundation (BLF) auction was hosted earlier this month, with five hundred students, faculty, and local attorneys in attendance. This yearly auction is aimed at raising funds for two Phoenix Fellowships, scholarships for exemplary students of color who are interested in Berkeley Law and a subsequent career in public interest.
The auction was organized and hosted by several students, including current Phoenix Fellows, and supported by donations from faculty, students, and local businesses. The winners of these scholarships receive $9,000 for their first year of law school as well as funding for a summer internship in the public sector.
Both students and faculty are members of the BLF, which was founded in 1976 as the first national organization . . . → Continue Reading
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