Everything you need to know about the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program Overview: What is the KHS Program? Who is eligible to apply? Unique application deadlines and procedures Application elements: Resume Recommendation letters Institutional letter of endorsement Short answer questions Essay question Video statement A brief reality check What is the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program? The Stanford…
Law School Admissions: Application Decline, Choosing Schools, Diversity
A few articles of interest to law school applicants have come across my desk in the last few days, and I wanted to share them with you. CollegeJournal has an excellent article on choosing law school, especially if you are not headed towards the top 10. Touching on several of the points that I have…
Stanford Law Names Mary Elizabeth Magill Dean
On Tuesday, Mary Elizabeth Magill, the vice dean of the UVA School of Law, was named dean of the Stanford Law school. Magill is described as creative, insightful and engaging as a lawyer, scholar, and admissions leader. She is an expert in the field of administrative and constitutional law. She has served on the faculty…
Law Schools Adopting New Grading Policies
In order to fairly depict student achievement, law schools across the country are reviewing their grading systems and implementing changes. For example, Harvard and Stanford Law Schools are switching from the letter grade system to a pass/fail system. Stanford Law School Dean, Larry Kramer explains the benefits of the new system: One, the new system…
Best Public Interest Law Schools
In its latest edition, The National Jurist releases its rankings of the Best Law Schools for Public Interest Law. The National Jurist bases its rankings on three equally weighted categories: student involvement, curriculum, and financial factors. The top ten are: Northeastern University School of Law Loyola Law School in Los Angeles Lewis and Clark College…
Law School Admissions Lowdown
Inside Higher Ed reports this week that Stanford Law will soon stop using traditional letter grades in favor of a new system recognizing just four levels of achievement: honors, pass, restricted credit, and no credit. This new system closely resembles Yale’s grading system and is more distantly related to Boalt’s two grade/level non-traditional system. Still…
California Bar Bites
Law school is only a prelude to legal practice for most pre-laws. And on the way is the bar exam, a hurdle that has to be surmounted. The Wall St. Journal reports today that California’s bar frequently bars the way to legal practice, or at least causes even the talented to stumble. According to today’s…
