Wow this was incredibly interesting to watch. Is this what law school is like?
@teddyboss51423 күн бұрын
Thanks Dean Z! What do you think about including work from a gap year before college?
@beaumartin45724 күн бұрын
I bet you've been hearing about sign-stealing sanctions there at Michigan. Great choice of examples!
@priscillagonzalez58045 күн бұрын
Every video is so helpful, but this foundation is so valuable to first-gen students. Thank you so much, Dean Z!!!!
@nathaliefrisch23605 күн бұрын
I always look forward to your videos Dean Z, as an international LL.M. Applicant for Fall 2025 it’s been hugely insightful, I would appreciate any further insight into tips for international students‘ applications, nonetheless my application materials are making decent progress !! 💙💙
@Fruitpuncg5 күн бұрын
Loved to see UMichigan's holistic approach to admissions 16:13
@LegallyNal5 күн бұрын
❤🎉 thanks Dean Z
@TheZFetter5 күн бұрын
Hey Dean Z, There's an online community of military service members that have started a large group discord to support one another. One thing that we've indentified as a source of difficulty for us is translating our military experience over to a resume. Most schools don't provide us with too many resources on how they want Service Members to discuss our professional experience and education. Would you be able to lend some insight to this topic?
@candyb22055 күн бұрын
thanks for this 😊 go blue!
@aundreagibbons68608 күн бұрын
This was really good
@melissahubbert309910 күн бұрын
super helpful, thank you!
@greenleif13 күн бұрын
🚩 Any opinion on NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming? Thanks in advance ~
@armanshahzadeh446814 күн бұрын
Is the first candidates GPA a 3.45/4.0 or a 3.45/4.33?
@josephthomas575616 күн бұрын
I love Dean Z. videos, but “nobody is using Reddit for LSAT prep” is a wild statement considering the r/lsat page has 200,000 registered users lol
@umichlaw13 күн бұрын
Yes, we stand corrected on this one! Our very limited experience with Reddit has been focused on r/lawschooladmissions and we didn't even think about the r/lsat community. Thanks for the heads up
@ChaoticallyLawful17 күн бұрын
S Montgomery Consulting is also known as "Barrier Breakers" and it's focused on those from traditionally disadvantaged backgrounds. They also put on a free law school and resource conference online
@umichlaw13 күн бұрын
Thanks for letting us know!
@kingllw258618 күн бұрын
Higher LSAT Score, equal less money out your pocket or NO MONEY. You can take the LSAT 5 times in 5 years, so your focus should be on the highest LSAT you can achieve versus listening to law school recruiters, even if they are deans, they are recruiters. 👍🏽👊🏽
@nathaliefrisch236018 күн бұрын
Thank you Dean Z, an international (German) law undergrad looking to apply for an LLM or even a JD for 2025/26 would love some LLM/ international student advice or application readings. Thank you in advance, love this series so much 🩵
@Jencolwil7718 күн бұрын
Thank you for this Dean Z! I hate to break this news to you but there is a very large LSAT Reddit community, which some might argue, is even MORE toxic than the Law Admissions subreddit. 🤣
@umichlaw17 күн бұрын
We didn't know that but it makes sense! We'll leave the LSAT prep and advice to others though; we're focused on law school admissions. Thanks for the heads up!
@ggo200019 күн бұрын
Dean Z’s vids made me research and eventually fall in love with UMich Law 😅 2025 here we go!
@midwestmatcha19 күн бұрын
I needed this so bad, hands down Dean Z is the best source of r/lawschooladmissions (◐‿◑) out there 😍
@ameliakeadle465319 күн бұрын
Interesting because Oxford law admissions have been independently scoring the writing section of the LNAT and using the metric as 1/2 of the total LNAT weight for many years! Could make a major difference in law school admissions in the years to come.
@batool294919 күн бұрын
Dean Z is also another great place to get law admissions info 😜
@Fruitpuncg20 күн бұрын
Upon finishing the video, i would definitely encourage digging around, not just r/lawschooladmissions, but r/biglaw, r/lsat, r/lawschool as well. If you had to choose any to browse, id say to dig into r/biglaw as a huge number of students end up there to ask about schools, OCI and other related things. I would comment that as much as law schools admissions view applications holistically, aspiring students look at law schools the same way, especially in the decision stages (eg location, OCIA opportunity, clerkships, median salary post graduate, tuition debt)
@clementineguyot19 күн бұрын
Great comment, just wanted to add one (also it might not interest people applying to Michigan) r/OutsideT14lawschools feels a lot more like a community where people are actually trying to help out each others
@LegallyNal20 күн бұрын
Hi Dean Z! Thanks for the video! This is a question for the Q&A you are forming: How can reverse splitters boost their application materials?
@Fruitpuncg20 күн бұрын
Crazy. I got to watch within an hour
@danielcappell20 күн бұрын
Reddit is filled with punters who haven't even stepped foot inside a law school, except maybe to use the bathroom. Miss them, get more experienced opinions. Instead, you should read "scamblogs" from 2008. Or perhaps notes inscribed in lawschool yearbooks from the Reagan era, plus those excerpts from Abraham Lincolns correspondences where he discussed his experiences reading law. Nevermind: just read graffiti on the walls of Athenians legal education institutes from the time of Draco.
@kurtramos919020 күн бұрын
I needed this! Thank you
@jacobb504720 күн бұрын
Another great video. Thanks, Dean Z!
@simplephotos680320 күн бұрын
😍🥰🥰 Only heart this comment Michigan law if you guys are going to give me an acceptance from U of M 😁😁😍
@simplephotos680320 күн бұрын
They realized they couldn’t like my comment but it was 100% worth a shot
@simplephotos680320 күн бұрын
TO U OF M
@ahmedharajli18919 күн бұрын
@@simplephotos6803bro waited 5 minutes before accepting defeat
@simplephotos680322 күн бұрын
So scared rn hope you guys accept me 😅
@tovasegal104528 күн бұрын
thank you so much for all these videos! Such an absolute gift to everyone considering law school. Any chance you can do an app review of a KJD low GPA and at/above median LSAT?
@Elplankto1129 күн бұрын
Thank you, for this. I will inevitably be a splitter as I apply this cycle and though I am seeing my practice scores increase I have felt that it was impossible for me to ever have a chance for a school like UM. I see, now, that if I can make a well-rounded application that I may still have a chance.
@ChaoticallyLawfulАй бұрын
The main issue I'm running into is my personal statement is trying to make it so that my personal statement doesn't bleed into being my adversity statement. I'm looking to make sure I don't repeat myself in different essays.
@umichlaw23 күн бұрын
That’s the right instinct! You want to make full use of all the real estate you have, as it were. While you want essays to be consistent with each other (e.g., don’t have one talking about you want to be a biglaw transactional attorney and another that talks about your commitment to the underserved, unless you can include content that makes those not seem in opposition), but you don’t want repetition. -DZ
@rj9525Ай бұрын
Hello dean z, a question and an idea for a future video: how does being an international student play into admissions? Especially with public schools who have to prioritize in-state students? and how does the financial aid look like if it exists in private vs public schools? Will being an international student reduce someone’s chances of both of these? I tried looking elsewhere but there are really limited resources addressing this as its quite niche. The video was insightful as always!
@munachiakwali649623 күн бұрын
I would love to hear about this as well.
@rj952519 күн бұрын
@@munachiakwali6496 🤝🏻
@TheZFetterАй бұрын
Hey Dean Z, Huge fan of this video series! I've seen quite bit of them and I wanted to ask about how Military Service Members should discuss our employment experiences. For members of the reserve component, what would be the easiest way to discuss deployments, military training, etc?
@umichlaw23 күн бұрын
Great question-I’m not expert on military service, and so I’m always very grateful when applicants can step back and describe the positions in a way that makes sense to a layperson. Stay away from jargon, for example, and use the most conversational types of terms you can. I think specifying deployments is very helpful, and I’m surprised by the number of people who don’t include that info! For training, I would focus on information that you think will translate most to law school. -DZ
@marmeykakile749Ай бұрын
Hello, could you cover diversity statements? What makes a good diversity statement?
@r.p.8906Ай бұрын
Waitlist is not decided by the personal statement. Keep it safe and study for one extra point on the LSAT.
@umichlaw23 күн бұрын
Wellllll… maybe? Sometimes? More frequently, though, if you end up on the waitlist it’s because your numbers are fine, and the thing that gets you selected from among similarly situated people is everything else about your application and subsequent interactions with the office (e.g., updates, letters of continued interest, and so on). -DZ
@danielcappellАй бұрын
That is a good way to remember the meaning of promissory estoppel, but the actual stopping involved in the doctrine that "estoppel" refers to is the courts stopping the defense for making an argument regarding consideration, at least if I recall correctly!
@raginbakin1430Ай бұрын
The only thing I’m wary about is writing about my involvement in campus activism surrounding the Israel-Palestine conflict. This would be especially risky if I were to apply to a school that had very intense protests earlier this year; an example would be Columbia. I’m sure the last thing those schools want is more pro-Palestinian student activists causing “trouble,” and I’m worried that there would be a bias against them in admissions.
@r.p.8906Ай бұрын
don't
@raginbakin1430Ай бұрын
@@r.p.8906 Duly noted. It's also rather telling that Dean Z never bothered to like my comment or respond to me, despite being one of the first comments. She is too entrenched in the establishment even to _risk_ a response on this controversial issue. Perhaps I was naive for even entertaining the idea that I could expect any degree of friendship or closeness from a bureaucratic administrator.
@umichlaw23 күн бұрын
This is a broader concern than just this one issue-whenever someone is writing about a political topic, they would be well-served to think about a reader who disagrees with them. It is certainly possible to discuss controversial issues in a way that does not give offense to those with opposed viewpoints, and that has to be your goal. If you don’t think you can be dispassionate enough to do that, then you should pick a different topic. -DZ
@NicoThompson-t1lАй бұрын
Thank you Dean Z for this great insight into how to craft and effectively analyze your own personal statement. This was extremely helpful and I look forward to all your videos!
@yonghaoyu9028Ай бұрын
I asked the question about gender equality. It’s a great feeling to know that Dean Z really do take the time out of her busy schedule to respond to questions! Thank you for the amazing advice.
@umichlawАй бұрын
Thanks again for asking!!
@james3298Ай бұрын
These videos are everything. Clarity on law school waitlists is hard to come by on the intrawebs! Thank you Dean Z for your contributions over the years, and for this video in particular! Now please: everyone knock on wood for my prospects this cycle :D
@justanomaly3338Ай бұрын
An amazing series with deep insights -- thank you for sharing your thoughts and time with us Prof Clark, and kudos to Michigan Law for the inspiring content and seamless production values.
@whitneychanellАй бұрын
Wow this was really insightful (per usual). Thank you!
@demka9773Ай бұрын
oh, shit. i just watched him for 2 minutes and i already love him as a teacher
@rj9525Ай бұрын
Hello dean z, a question and an idea for a future video: how does being an international student play into admissions? Especially with public schools who have to prioritize in-state students? and how does the financial aid look like if it exists in private vs public schools? Will being an international student reduce someone’s chances of both of these? I tried looking elsewhere but there are really limited resources addressing this as its quite niche.
@lavenderxolemonАй бұрын
Thank you for this, Dean Z! This is so helpful to know, just in case!
@yas_77627Ай бұрын
Thank you Dean Z! Your videos are very educational🙏🏻 Much love❤️
@ReemAhmed-wq9zuАй бұрын
Hey Dean Z, can you please post more?!!! Thank you queen!!!