<p>I've got the good fortune of having some nice legacy at a few places, but was curious as to how legacy is taken into account, either as a formal or latent variable. That is to say, if a lot of my legacy is not from people like like parents, or folks who are deceased or otherwise out of touch with their school, will most places have a form or box to mention such legacy or when factoring in legacy is the understanding that people who get in with legacy get strings pulled by people tied to the school.</p>
<p>Well if they right you a great letter of rec. it might help. If there not really family or super close friends then I don't think it would do much.</p>
<p>What do you mean by legacy, if the alumni aren't your parents? Do you just mean that you are friends with alumni of those law schools?</p>
<p>I'm saying like multi generational legacy of great grand father and grandfather primarily. While my grandfather is still fortunate enought to be with us I would not want to impose upon him to write such a later.</p>
<p>Out of curiousity, does it help if your father attended the top law school to which you are applying--particularly if he is very prominent and works in the city where the law school is located?</p>
<p>no, doesnt matter at all.....wont make a difference</p>
<p>Actually, I believe legacy still works (mildly) at HLS - if one of your parents graduated from HLS (not any other part of Harvard, but specifically HLS), you will get a boost.</p>
<p>For what it may be worth, I went to the same T-14 law school as my father. No idea if being a legacy made a difference, but I believe I reported it on my application.</p>
<p>I went to the same T-14 school as my wife. Of course, we met there, so we weren't legacies. The dean hinted recently that they may start considering legacy status in the future, but for now, it makes no difference.</p>
<p>It depends on the law school. You get one extra point on a Yale Law app if either of your parents went to Yale LAW--not another school within Yale. NYU also asks about legacy. Look at the apps and you'll have your answer.</p>