Application Boot Camp

The law school application boot camp is held each May, typically during the week after graduation. The boot camp takes place on campus and Legal Scholars are expected to be present in-person for all of the events. Housing will be provided as needed.

A sample schedule for the boot camp appears below. Each year will vary in terms of the exact events, but it will include the same kinds of opportunities.

W&M Legal Scholars Program Application Boot Camp
Monday-Friday, May 22-26, 2023
Chancellors Hall Rm 133

Sample M-F Schedule for Application Boot Camp
	Sunday 5/21	Monday 5/22	Tuesday 5/23	Wednesday 5/24	Thursday 5/25	Friday 5/26
10-11		Intro & Application Overivew	Personal Statements	Letters of Recommendation Personal Statements	Group Discussion & Debrief	Summer & Fall Planning
11-12		W&M Law School Tour-- Bette Rubin (Rising 3L)	Rosanne Ibanez UVA Law Admissions	Optional Essays	Brad Russo, Director of Admissions, Georgetown Law	Personal Statements
12-1		Pizza Lunch w/ Dean Issa DiSciullo, Assoc. Dean for Admissions & Financial Aid, W&M Law	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1-2		Personal Statements—What to write about? How personal? & Letters of Recommendation	Personal Statements	Sophia Sim, Dean of Admissions, GWU Law	Personal Statements	Individual Meetings
2-3			LSAT Updates—peer mentoring	Test-Anxiety Workshop w/ Deidre Connelly, PhD CMPC Director, Performance Psychology	LSAT Peer Mentoring
3-4	6pm--check-in Fairfield Inn	Kat Walker via Zoom—Senior Counsel, Commercial Law, Dow (Alum and Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity)	LSAT continued	Applying to Law School: A Strategic Approach for Underrepresented Students--AccessLex Workshop	Paying for Law School--AccessLex Workshop