Trials is a residential scholarship program that helps talented and motivated undergraduates of modest means earn acceptance to the nation's leading law schools. Trials is a unique collaboration of New York University School of Law, Harvard Law School, and the Advantage Testing Foundation.
For five weeks this July and early August, Trials students will reside at the NYU School of Law to receive intensive LSAT instruction and attend a series of lectures by prominent lawyers and scholars. Students have no expenses associated with the program and will receive a stipend to supplement their summer income.
Trials welcomes applications from aspiring students of any background whose personal circumstances, self-identifications, and unique perspectives might place them outside the mainstream of typical law school applicants.
Students who participated in last year's Trials program at Harvard Law School worked with leading faculty from Harvard and NYU's law schools and received a wide-ranging introduction to the law in small lectures and mock classes. The scholars and lawyers who visited Trials helped students develop a concrete set of goals and a realistic plan for achieving them.
The data from Trial's inaugural class suggests that five weeks of logical reasoning, argumentation, and critical reading instruction prepare dour students to score competitively on the LSAT. The starting median LSAT score for the 2009 class was in the 53rd percentile. More than half of Trials graduates who have thus far taken an official LSAT have recorded a score at or above the 95th percentile.
Trials seeks to promote diversity at America’s leading law schools and in the legal profession. Our explicit aim is to support students of modest means whose racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds are underrepresented in America’s top-rated JD programs. We welcome applications from all motivated students of any background whose personal circumstances, self-identifications, and unique perspectives might place them outside the mainstream of typical law school applicants.
How to Apply:
We will give particular consideration to those candidates who attend colleges that traditionally send no more than one graduate per year to the partnering law schools. Each summer, the majority of students enrolled in Trials will hail from such underrepresented institutions.
At this time, only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to enroll in the Trials program.
We take into account all aspects of a candidate’s application, and we encourage all eligible students who are interested in attending law school to apply to Trials.
Please visit this website to apply.
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