Experience is power when you’re applying to law school, and that makes pre-law advisers the reigning monarchs of the realm. Years of guiding aspiring law students through the application process have taught the best counselors a thing or two about steering you to the right fit — or steering you away from the legal profession altogether. Here at Lawdragon Campus, we’ve culled their collective wisdom into a list of tips.
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Jeremy Paul knew shortly after starting Harvard Law School that he wanted to teach. He began doing so as soon as he graduated in 1981, holding positions that included professor in residence for the U.S. Department of Justice, and he was named dean of Northeastern University School of Law 31 years later. Continue reading
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A federal judge has approved a $7.73 million settlement in a U.S. government lawsuit claiming the nonprofit that administers the Law School Admissions Test discriminated against test-takers with disabilities. Continue reading
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Student Name: Christine Doelling
Law School: University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Status: Rising 2L
Focus: Media, Entertainment and Intellectual Property
Undergraduate Degree/Institution: BA American Studies (2008), George Washington University (Washington, D.C.)
Graduate Degree/Institution: Masters – Media, Communications and Critical Practice (2012), University of the Arts, London College of Communications
Home city/state or country: Berkeley, Calif.
Christine Doelling, a rising 2L, is immersed in the music industry, where she aspires to work. She has created and led multi-channel marketing initiatives for world-renowned artists, musicians, museums and media companies. Doelling founded Lunchbox Theory, a music promotion company in Washington, D.C., and has served as a music promotion consultant for National Geographic Live.
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Infilaw, the company planning to buy the Charleston School of Law, temporarily withdrew its application for a license the day before a state commission was scheduled to vote on it. Continue reading
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John Broderick, the dean who oversaw the former Franklin Pierce Law Center’s integration into the University of New Hampshire, is stepping down at the end of June to head the school’s Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy.
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Law School: Boston University School of Law
Student Name: Aaron Horth
Status: Rising 3L
Undergraduate degree/major: B.A. Political Science
Undergraduate institution: University of Missouri
Home city, state: St. Louis, MO
During his undergraduate career, Aaron Horth spearheaded the IncludeME MU campaign to add gender identity and expression to the protected categories in the university’s non-discrimination policy. After graduating, he worked as a Residential Victims’ advocate at a shelter for those subjected to domestic violence.
Lawdragon: What were key factors you used to choose your law school?
Aaron Horth: Because most of the schools I got into were roughly the same in rankings, I looked mostly at geographic location. I chose Boston because I wanted to live in a larger city and a place that I knew would be progressive and queer-friendly.
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Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, the dean of Stetson University College of Law, has spent much of his career at the intersection of education, business and law. He came to Stetson from LSU Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he was the J.Y. Sanders Professor of Law and where, as Vice Chancellor for Business and Financial Affairs, he was responsible for strategic planning, budgeting, financial planning and personnel matters. Before that he was a trial lawyer in the U.S. Justice Department’s Tax Division and an attorney-adviser in the U.S. Education Department.
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A veterans spending package that the U.S. Senate will consider after its return from a weeklong Memorial Day recess includes $159 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve its health-care services as well as a suggestion: Take advantage of help from law school clinics to curb a backlog of disability claims.
The proposal is backed by two Virginia senators who cite the Puller Veterans Benefits Clinic at the state’s William & Mary Law School as an example. It comes amid a firestorm of criticism over lengthy wait times at Veterans Affairs hospitals and a backlog that comprises more than 51 percent of outstanding disability claims from military service personnel.
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Student Name:
Adam Cernea Clark
Law School: Northeastern University School of Law
Status: 3L
Focus: International Development, Environmental Law
Undergraduate Degree/Institution: BA English (2005), Kenyon College
Graduate Degree/Institution: Masters, Environmental Law & Policy, Vermont Law School (joint program)
Home city/town, state or country: Houston, Texas
On a Northeastern law school co-op program in Bucharest, Romania last August, Adam Cernea Clark arrived just as thousands of protesters took to the street. The government was about to approve a private sector gold mining project that many Romanians feared would release cyanide into the environment. Cernea Clark, who studies environmental law and international development as part of Northeastern’s dual-degree program with Vermont Law School, said he felt compelled to get involved. Continue reading
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