Call for Legal Scholar Applications
The call for applications will go out every year no later than the beginning of the fall semester. Students in their 3rd or 4th years are invited to apply to become Legal Scholars as long as they plan to enroll in law school 2 years after beginning the Legal Scholars Program.
A call for the current year Legal Scholars Applicants appears below.
October 1, 2023
The William & Mary Legal Scholars Program invites applications for our second class of
undergraduate legal scholars. WMLSP provides comprehensive support to a small group of
students preparing to apply to law school during the 2024-2025 academic year (for entry in Fall
2025). Legal Scholars will take an LSAT prep course over the course of the current academic year and will take the LSAT during the summer 2024 (preferably on June 7 or 8, 2024, but no later than August 2024). Legal Scholars must be available to participate in a law school application boot camp tentatively scheduled on campus during the last two weeks of May 2024. Students will leave that boot camp with a near-final draft of their personal statement and other optional essays, having arranged for letters of recommendation, and having decided on a tentative list of law schools to which they will apply. There is no cost to participating students. The deadline to submit applications is October 13.
WMLSP is open to anyone who will complete their bachelor’s degree by August 2025 and who
plans to apply to law school for entry in the fall of 2025. WMLSP seeks to enhance successful
pathways in the legal profession for students who have overcome unusual adversity and/or are
low-income or first-generation undergraduate students. All students interested in the program
are invited to attend its events and presentations. If you have any questions, please reach out to
Professor Christine Nemacheck ([[clnema]]).
To apply, please submit (1) a current resume, (2) an unofficial copy of your W&M transcript, and
(3) an essay that responds to the question below (500 word maximum). Make sure to submit
your materials to Professor Nemacheck [[clnema]] as a PDF by the October 13 deadline.
Why are you an especially good candidate to participate in the W&M Legal Scholars Program?
Are there any special, unique, or challenging aspects of your personal background that we should consider?
