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American’s 10-mile Long Waitlist


Is opening up. One of my clients just was asked via email to re-confirm his interest and within 5-minutes he had an acceptance letter (and 24 hours to submit a deposit).

Things to Consider When Accepting a Law School Scholarshi


For those of you considering law school scholarship offers right now, please consider (1) whether the scholarship is renewable and (2) what is required of you to renew it. A 3.25 doesn’t sound so hard to attain coming out of undergrad; but at some law schools that may be a GPA reached only by the top 20% of the class. If you’re choosing a school primarily because of the scholarship then think about how you would feel without that scholarship 2nd and 3rd years. This is especially true if you would try to transfer because if you haven’t hit the GPA requirement for your scholarship then you may not be the world’s most competitive transfer applicant.

Getting Ready for the Fall 2009 Admission Cycle


The Integrated Learning Blog posted an article I wrote for them about things you can do now to prepare for the Fall 2009 Law School Admission Cycle.

Best Law Schools for BigLaw


I have a handful of clients contemplating Columbia, Harvard, NYU, Boalt and Northwestern and here’s a timely post by WSJ Law Blog of interest if you’re hoping for a BigLaw job after graduation.

Rankings Lead to Increased Transfer Admits


The Faculty Lounge has a great article today about law schools downsizing to jump in the rankings, and compensating by taking more transfer applicants. This is a well-known practice, and applicants are just now starting to get wind of it.

Pre-order 2009 ABA LSAC Official Guide Today


Don’t even think of applying to law school without this!

Agonizing over Being Waitlisted?


Anna Ivey, fellow member of AIGAC, has a great blog post about (1) why schools waitlist and (2) what to do about it.

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