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first contact these people had from a law school,” Cox said. “There’s a lot to be gained by being first.” Secondly, admissions personnel made sure their admissions reply was as quick as possible. They also reached out to those students who had been accepted to chat, answer questions and encourage them to visit. Those who came found a welcoming environment where another student took them on tours, and helped them visit classrooms and experience what Brandeis had to offer. A huge part of attracting a diverse student body is looking past the numbers in law school admissions, said Dean Frank Wu of Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. “We look at the entire portfolio that a candidate presents,” he said. Though the school still considers LSAT scores and GPA in its admissions policies, it also pays attention to other qualities such as leadership skills and work or military experience. Wu said there is a measurable gap in DEAN MELISSA ESSARY is overseeing Campbell University’s 50-mile move from rural Buies Creek to Raleigh in 2009, in part to help improve diversity enrollment numbers. Black Enterprise magazine recently named Raleigh as the third best city for African Americans to live, work and play. American University Washington College of Law Public Interest Programs 7-11% of WCL graduates annually accept postgraduate public interest employment, far higher than the national average of 3%. An additional 13-20% of WCL graduates secure employment in the government sector. Over the past ﬁve years, more than 30 WCL graduates have received prestigious postgraduate public interest fellowships, including: Equal Justice Works, Skadden, New Voices, the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship, Soros, Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship, Echoing Green, and the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Fellowship. We are a community of faculty, staff and students providing extraordinary opportunities to acquire the knowledge and legal skills to become effective advocates for justice: Full-Tuition Public Interest/Public Service Scholarship Nationally Recognized Clinics Pro Bono Honors Pledge Program Equal Justice Foundation Fellowships for Summer Public Interest Work ß Public Interest Loan Repayment Assistance Program ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Teaching Fellowships Supervised Externship Program United Nations Commission Against Torture Project More than a dozen public interest centers and publications Individualized public interest career counseling “I decided to go to law school to gain the practical and technical knowledge to more effectively advocate for social justice, both domestically and internationally. WCL’s commitment to public interest and international law brought those two together wonderfully. “ Lindsay Jenkins, 2008 To learn more about our Public Interest Program visit EO/AA University and Employer www.wcl.american.edu/publicinterest Spring 2008 29 http://www.wcl.american.edu/publicinterest http://www.wcl.american.edu/publicinterest

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preLaw Magazine - Spring 2008 Contents From the Editor For the Record Large Gender Gap Remains Among Political Hopefuls Man Charged in LSAT Scam Barry Dean Recognized New Report Examines Legal Ed Drexel Receives Accredidation New Mexico No. 1 for Hispanics A Film Journey in Law A Law Student at Last Debt Salvation Great Law Schools for Minorities Grad Opts Out of Big Firm Job Specialties Helpful Advice

preLaw Magazine - Spring 2008

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