How does the Law School evaluate that information?
A. An admissions file reveals a great deal about an individual applicant. The transcript, the questionnaire, the essays, and the recommendations allow the Admissions Director to assess an applicant s appetite for rigorous academic work, ability to excel at such work, commitment to serving others, qualities of leadership and judgment, and ethical values. They permit the Admissions Director to form a judgment about whether the applicant can complete the curriculum without serious academic difficulties, and about what contributions the applicant is likely to make to the Law School as a student and to the society and the profession as a practicing attorney. The Law School seeks to enroll a group of students who, individually and collectively, are among the most capable students applying to American law schools in a given year.
A. An admissions file reveals a great deal about an individual applicant. The transcript, the questionnaire, the essays, and the recommendations allow the Admissions Director to assess an applicant s appetite for rigorous academic work, ability to excel at such work, commitment to serving others, qualities of leadership and judgment, and ethical values. They permit the Admissions Director to form a judgment about whether the applicant can complete the curriculum without serious academic difficulties, and about what contributions the applicant is likely to make to the Law School as a student and to the society and the profession as a practicing attorney. The Law School seeks to enroll a group of students who, individually and collectively, are among the most capable students applying to American law schools in a given year. As individuals we expect our admittees not only to have substantial promise for success in law school but also to have a strong likelihood of succeeding in the pract
