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Today, July 26, is the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act being signed into law.
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has evolved over the years, but it has remained the gold standard in legal education since it was introduced over 70 years ago. Accepted by every law school in the country, over 100,000 people take it every year, and 99.6% of the people who entered law school last year used the LSAT in their applications.
鈥淭he conventional law student is kind of a myth.鈥� That鈥檚 Charlie, a law school student who believes empathy is the most valuable skill to develop when pursuing a degree in law. Charlie鈥檚 story is one of five featured in the Law School Admission Council鈥檚 BE IndiVISIBLE campaign. Being 鈥渋ndivisible鈥� means ...
One of the things I enjoy doing most is helping people along their path to becoming lawyers and leaders...
It鈥檚 Global Accessibility Awareness Day, an annual event that focuses on digital access and inclusion for persons with disabilities. The purpose of this day is to get people talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion, especially as it relates to people with disabilities. The reality is...
As staunch supporters of law and education, all of us at the Law School Admission Council are thrilled to wish you a happy Law Day 2019.
Falsified test results. Nonexistent athletic careers invented via Photoshop. Massive amounts of money. These were the hallmarks of the admissions scandal that鈥檚 rocking the world of higher education.
Being the first person in your family to attend law school鈥攊n other words, a 鈥渇irst-gen鈥� student鈥攃omes with a unique set of challenges. Here, Camille deJorna shares her thoughts about first-gen students and 爱游戏体育鈥檚 work expanding access and equity in education.
Today I am thrilled to introduce Flor Gonzalez, a 3L student at Chapman University鈥檚 Dale E. Fowler School of Law in California. Like Kendeil Dorvilier and Mamadou Jawo, Flor is already committed to doing work in the legal field that will advance equity, access, and diversity across our society.
This week I鈥檓 pleased to introduce Mamadou Jawo, whose journey to law school at the University of Wisconsin began in his childhood, in West Africa. There, one day after school, he went to see his father at the police station where his father worked, and what he saw there became a cornerstone in his dream of becoming a lawyer.
