Law School from Big Merit Schools for Undergrad

Diversity in the law school context means students whose lives allow for a different perspective on the law than most of the applicants. So growing up with an incarcerated parent. Growing up in the foster care system. Time spent unhoused, or bouncing from shelter to shelter after an illegal eviction.

Law school adcoms aren’t jumping up and down saying “Hey look Margie, here’s a kid who grew up in Winnetka and went to Alabama for college! Gotta have us another one of those!”

All due respect to TSBNA- whose knowledge of supply chain careers is second to none on CC- law school admissions is NOTHING like undergrad admissions. It is a numbers game, pure and simple, with a smattering of equity and access concerns sprinkled in. And deference to the faculty, who would rather teach a seminar on “Incarceration and the Constitution” where at least one student actually knows something about the prison system.

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