Amherst & Law

<p>So how is Amherst with getting their students into decent law schools?</p>

<p>well, the viewbook says 84% of students applying to law school get admitted on their first try. contextually, i have no idea what that means, but the number sounds pretty good.</p>

<p>The law schools most attended by Amherst grads are:
Harvard, Yale, U. Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Michigan, Georgetown, and Stanford</p>

<p>I also remember seeing somewhere that Amherst sends about 5 grads every year to Harvard Law</p>

<p>No, we're even better! Amherst sends about 15 grads a year to Harvard Law.</p>

<p>really? can you confirm that number in any publication? </p>

<p>(that would be a selling point for my parents, lol.)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Amherst sent 15 for 2004-2005.</p>

<p>That list is for the total enrollment at HLS, not first-year enrollment.</p>

<p>divide all numbers by 3 for a decent estimate of per-year attendees</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nylawyer.com/news/04/08/081204h.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nylawyer.com/news/04/08/081204h.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I would like to know too. I do not want to be lawyer who sits at a desk and fills out paperwork--that sounds chills down my back. I plan on majoring in philosophy, so I might have to be doomed to law school, but international law (and business) doesn't sound bad at all.</p>

<p>hey, josh and everyone else, check out the amherst 2009 group - the link is in my profile.</p>

<p>congrats on the acceptence</p>