Wow this was incredibly interesting to watch. Is this what law school is like?

Thanks Dean Z! What do you think about including work from a gap year before college?

I bet you've been hearing about sign-stealing sanctions there at Michigan. Great choice of examples!

Every video is so helpful, but this foundation is so valuable to first-gen students. Thank you so much, Dean Z!!!!

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 !! 💙💙

Loved to see UMichigan's holistic approach to admissions 16:13

❤🎉 thanks Dean Z

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?

thanks for this 😊 go blue!

This was really good

super helpful, thank you!

🚩 Any opinion on NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming? Thanks in advance ~

Is the first candidates GPA a 3.45/4.0 or a 3.45/4.33?

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

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

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. 👍🏽👊🏽

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 🩵

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. 🤣

Dean Z’s vids made me research and eventually fall in love with UMich Law 😅 2025 here we go!

I needed this so bad, hands down Dean Z is the best source of r/lawschooladmissions (◐‿◑) out there 😍

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.

Dean Z is also another great place to get law admissions info 😜

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)

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?

Crazy. I got to watch within an hour

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.

I needed this! Thank you

Another great video. Thanks, Dean Z!

😍🥰🥰 Only heart this comment Michigan law if you guys are going to give me an acceptance from U of M 😁😁😍

So scared rn hope you guys accept me 😅

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?

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.

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.

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!

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?

Hello, could you cover diversity statements? What makes a good diversity statement?

Waitlist is not decided by the personal statement. Keep it safe and study for one extra point on the LSAT.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

Wow this was really insightful (per usual). Thank you!

oh, shit. i just watched him for 2 minutes and i already love him as a teacher

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.

Thank you for this, Dean Z! This is so helpful to know, just in case!

Thank you Dean Z! Your videos are very educational🙏🏻 Much love❤️

Hey Dean Z, can you please post more?!!! Thank you queen!!!

Thank you for your videos