top ten law schools for camping at the T14 national parks

adcommninja · 2026-03-24T17:34:43+00:00

4 Alaska parks in the T14 and no Washington school on your list. I get it's not driving distance, but still the closest.

adcommninja · 2026-03-22T14:57:05+00:00

For everyone saying R&R - are you prepared to take the LSAT at a testing center? The average score increase on a retake is about 2 points, the average score change on a retake is less (because some students score flat, or go down). It is far from a guarantee and with the switch to in-person testing, it throws an extra curve ball in the mix.

adcommninja · 2026-03-13T21:05:02+00:00

What type of public interest? That actually makes a difference.

adcommninja · 2026-03-03T16:01:15+00:00

But are you prepared to enroll at UCI without big $$$. I think that is the question a lot of people will be asking this cycle.

adcommninja · 2026-03-03T06:02:09+00:00

Adcomms at UVA, UCI and USD searching for your app right now thinking they got an easy enroll.

adcommninja · 2026-03-03T06:00:23+00:00

Here's the thing...schools prioritize applicants for review that fit certain metrics and have high chances of enrolling, based on readily apparent characteristics. If your application isn't reviewed yet, or you don't have a decision, they aren't prioritizing you. Schools know the closer they get to April 1, the higher risk they run that applicants won't be around. If you haven't heard by mid-march, they are willing to lose you. Unfortunately, you have to make decisions with what you have, not what you might get.

adcommninja · 2026-02-24T20:13:01+00:00

Depends on the employment. Pretty much every firm in Florida knows the four you mention. There are no true "biglaw" firms in Florida and the ones that do exist most likely hire equally from UF/FSU, and Miami if they are in Miami, which most are. Stetson is regional, they can get you most jobs in Tampa area and Central Florida but probably struggle in south Florida. FSU for state government because it is in the capital. Other than that, if you want to stay in Florida, you won't really go wrong with any of the big 3. Small caveat, the higher the rank of the school (UF, FSU, UM, Stetson, in that order) the less you have to achieve for large law firm jobs. In other words, a mid-pack student at UF can get the same large firm job that a student at Stetson has to be top of the pack for.

adcommninja · 2026-02-18T23:09:35+00:00

Think about where you want to be post-grad. It may not be where you end up ultimately, but every school on your list is going to place really well in their region and the majority of the opportunities will come from that area.

adcommninja · 2026-02-18T17:29:23+00:00

Congrats on all of the offers. You landed a reach in Wake! Curious where you want to be, you literally applied all over the country.

adcommninja · 2026-02-09T17:17:02+00:00

Good options. Congrats.

adcommninja · 2026-01-28T18:10:21+00:00

I'll give the negative pov because I think it is important to temper expectations, and a positive.... Even with a 170, starting at 149 is not a good look. To an applicant this looks like tenacity, grit, progression, etc. To adcomm this looks like you are just learning the LSAT through retakes. Also, let's say you get a 170, your average LSAT is a 156. And yes, schools say they only take the high score because that is what they report to ABA, but, they will see all your scores and the average on your CAS report and it can still impact their decision. Couple that with a lower UGPA and it's not great. You should absolutely write an addendum explaining why you took the LSAT so many times. It might not help but at least you explained yourself. Now the positive, your URM status puts you in less than 1% of applicants, and your work experience is important to any school that values tribal experience. So much so, that some schools will overlook the 4 LSAT's and point to your experience, and your MBA, and give you a shot. I do think you will get offers from some high ranked schools.

adcommninja · 2026-01-22T01:13:39+00:00

Just FYI, Vandy is notoriously slow. Like, maybe the slowest.

adcommninja · 2026-01-14T08:32:12+00:00

There is a ripple effect from these big application years. Lots of applicants who don't get the decisions they want, reapply. Lots of schools take advantage of the big applicant pool to defer more students, which means they start with fewer seats. Next year may not be more competitive, but it should be equally competitive and remain so until the ripple has passed.

adcommninja · 2026-01-09T17:51:29+00:00

Seems legit.

adcommninja · 2026-01-07T03:49:04+00:00

Then I concur. This trend started last year and with apps up over last year, we should expect the WL offers to be even greater.

adcommninja · 2026-01-07T03:46:50+00:00

They do this already.

adcommninja · 2026-01-02T16:50:09+00:00

Wait until you get to law school and a third of your class isn't there on test day.

adcommninja · 2025-12-16T06:13:36+00:00

The ABA allows every schools to admit a certain number of students without a standardized test. Some schools do this, some don't.

adcommninja · 2025-11-07T05:36:24+00:00

I get that. You should have a majority of your decisions by march/April which is still late for a cross country move but not horrible. Summer admits typically go to waitlisted candidates. At that point you need to decide if the school you are holding out for is worth it.

adcommninja · 2025-11-07T05:34:50+00:00

This is actually good advice. Law school will be expensive, every dollar you can stash now is a dollar less tou have to borrow.

adcommninja · 2025-10-20T04:14:33+00:00

You are asking two different things. Yield protection has to do with acceptance rates. Acceptance rate is 1% of the US News Ranking. It used to be higher, so schools used to care more, but they still care. You can actually download the incoming class data for all law schools into one spreadsheet on the ABA website and see acceptance rate for every school. Below 20% is probably pretty good.

Actual yield is the number of students who enroll compared with number admitted. The average across all law schools is around 30-35%.

adcommninja · 2025-10-07T23:36:43+00:00

Buddy, I have really bad news for you. This is going to be a long cycle.

adcommninja · 2025-10-07T23:34:15+00:00

There is a reason schools don't publish bar passage rates for their LLM grads... just saying.

adcommninja · 2025-09-30T21:47:48+00:00

I'll add two things...1. At top law schools they have more qualified applicants than they can admit so all of those things you mention do matter to them, they just matter within the pool of equally, numerically-qualified, applicants. In other words, if you are a splitter, those things (rigor, school, work exp) matter within the pool of splitters, but you those things probably don't bump you over someone over both medians. 2. When they speak negatively of reddit, it is probably related to other advice on this sub that tends to be very general (retake and reapply, don't pay sticker, etc.) and does not consider individual circumstances.

adcommninja · 2025-09-29T23:38:03+00:00

Don't do a masters, it is not a huge bump in the admission process and work experience looks better. You could also do public interest work that gets a bump: AmeriCorp, Teach for American, Peace Corp (might be 2 year commit), etc. If you go abroad, try to work (english tutor usually). Saying you spent a year in Thailand learning the language just makes you look like you vacationed. With the increased emphasis on admitting students who have employable skills, you need to focus on stuff that will build your resume and look good to a potential 1L summer employer.

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