When did you decide you wanted to become a lawyer? If you worked at YLS admissions, what would you describe as your biggest strength? How is [my undergraduate university] and why I chose to go there, How would the people that know you describe you in one word. When have you dealt with a frustrating situation and how did you overcome it? Why did you switch from [one field] to [another field]? The result or the process? This might be because it was with the director of admissions or maybe because my friends did their interviews a few years ago Duke uses a service called InitialView to interview prospective international students. What job do you want to have straight out of law school? Ultimately he couldn't see this person as a member of the Georgetown community and thought there might be more issues going forward. How do you see yourself contributing to the community and what student organizations were you involved with in undergrad? Rather, he wanted to see honest reflection, and how you expressed yourself. You must be prepared to talk about the following: You should probably be prepared to talk about these: A Word about Preparing and Being Unprepared. What do you think you will bring to our law school? We took about 2-3 minutes to silently read the addendum, then presented our opinions of whether it was no issue, minor, major, or game over. We had to of course justify our opinion. by acdisagod Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:51 am. Its super relaxed and conversational. Last year, it consisted of four verbal-response questions (with thirty seconds of prep time followed by one minute of response time) and two written-response questions (with fifteen minutes of response time). What prompted that interest? An invitation to interview is never a bad sign. ), [Questions about professional and academic experience. or maybe it was just an assignment Im not sure, but it was definitely a first draft). Whats a personality trait/characteristic that will serve you well in law school? Focus not just on talking but on listening. They prefer Skype to Google Hangouts. The Law School Admissions Test, or LSAT, is a standardized test administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for prospective law school candidates. What motivates me to get out of bed in the morning? The students recommender also mentioned that he was a great writer. He shared screen with us and asked us to give a thumbs up when were all set reading it. Are you someone who solves easy solutions using complicated problems or solves easy problems using complicated solutions? When you and a colleague didnt see eye-to-eye - what did you do? After the discussion, he offers closing remarks and brings up why he does these interviews, which I think might be helpful information to know, since I was certainly curious about this - after all, hes not really looking for a right/wrong answer, and this interview doesnt ask any traditional questions. I see that you took the LSAT many times. We were in groups of 3-4 for the first two scenarios, and then we all got together in one large group to discuss the third scenario. In reality, law school waitlists are dynamic. I also threw in a part about certain organizations that I would be interested in. Describe yourself to the admission committee. Student A What is motivating your decision to pursue law? The Dean said that he would let Student A in because a Why Georgetown essay was not required, so Student A should not be penalized for not writing one.). Then, we were to pretend that we were members of the admissions committee and decide as a group if the issue raised had no impact, little impact, big impact, or game over impact on the prospective students application. What do you want the school to know about you? Talk about your current job - what do you like and dislike the most? If you were a member of the YLS Admission Committee, what would you see as your biggest weakness? Tell us about a time you failed an important goal and what you learned as a result. (went to UMich for undergrad). But I want to be realistic. Tell me about why you were motivated to pursue your job. B writes a Why Georgetown addendum and personalizes the personal statement for Georgetown. Some, like Northwestern, offer interviews to all students. My interviewer was Ann Perry (Associate Dean). A time you did something for someone else over yourself. What destination birthday party would you pick if you could pick anywhere? Length was 14 minutes on the dot. When we all come together to discuss, he does call on you randomly, but dont stressyoull have had the opportunity to already talk about it in your group, and even if he asks you a more particular question, youll have thought about the scenario enough to easily give an answer. potroast1 April 7, 2021, 9:54pm #2. is it possible to get admitted before may . What is something I have changed my opinion on? What did you do to address it? Describe a time where you were in an adversarial position. This wrapped up the interview. Everyone else gave it a 7-9. What would you add to the Northwestern community? What do you plan to do in your deferral years? You have unlimited prep time, but three takes at recording your response. What is one thing you want the Admissions Council to know? We were asked to give a weight by percentage of stats vs. rest of the application. Student D Name a time when you were incorrectly blamed for something, and what did you do about it? What have you learned at your current job? What's the best piece of advice you've received? Got the email today from Georgetown saying that I'm on the preferred waitlist. Dean Cornblatt typically breaks the interviewees into groups and asks them questions about hypothetical law school applications. Tell me about a project youve managed and how it went. And we were usually wrong! Don't be shy!! Summarize your life up until this point. Think of a time you had to overcome bias? He let Georgetown know about the accusation but when asked, said hed rather not get into the details. Lastly, the dean presented two candidates, A and B. A is a better candidate in terms of LSAT and GPA, but not too much better than candidate B. Dean Blazer mentioned my DS, and asked me if I had ever been to Cuba. (He called out people that reached for the paper before he finished speaking.) Finally, he gave us a hypothetical scenario that was about Amy, a student with higher grades/LSAT but no why Georgetown essay versus Barbara, with slightly lower stats but a compelling Why Georgetown. Talk about why you decided to go into each one. Some schools, like Georgetown, also offer Zoom sessions where their admissions folks talk about what's happening with the waitlist. by Instrumental Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:03 am. What is most important to you? An experience that prepared me for law school, One word my friends, family, and work colleagues would use to describe me. How did you respond? What are three words your manager would use to describe you. Absolutely Crushed : ( I got the email tonight at 5 PM and as soon as I saw "Admissions Decision Received" in my inbox instead of "Congratulations on Your Admission", I just knew. You should be thoughtful, confident, warm, and encouraging of other people as well. What do you want to do five years after graduating from law school? Some of us (me included) said we would then let him keep his acceptance. Harvard interviews most applicants on a video chat client called Zoom. Why are you switching careers? When asked why, he admitted he had failed to include citations in his dissertation, and that there was going to be a disciplinary hearing about it, but now that hes withdrawing there would be no hearing and no effect on his record. Who is my best friend, and how would they pitch me to the admissions committee? Suck-up questions are designed to show off your knowledge of a program or convey your eagerness: I see that your Immigration Rights Clinic helps clients mount detention challenges, and Im wondering how successful those challenges have been in the current political environment. You can also lob softballs at your interviewer: What does Harvard do to promote a sense of community in its large student body? Make sure that the answer to your suck-up question isnt easily available online. What are you afraid of, and what motivates you? If you could have one conversation with historical figure, who would it be and why? The interview was conversational and lasted about 30 minutes. They're busy! Student B (Skype interview, very informal), Student C (Skype interview but switched to phone because of technical issues). What would you have done differently if you were that person? Talk about a time you were very productive - what was the environment like? Next, we talked about why I wanted to go to Law School and why WashU in general. Are you set on moving back to the northeast post graduation? Why law school now and how will that tie in with your aims regarding law school? How serious is this on a scale of 1 "who cares" to 10 "disqualifying." He said it was to get to know us just a tiny bit better than he did an hour ago, and that he manages to achieve that goal, and with so many applicants, thats really the best he can do. I was asked about campus organizing during college. Why did you pick your undergraduate institution? What experience prepared you most for law school, and a characteristic that would describe you. If you could tell the president one thing, what would you say? *. Informal/friendly tone, no "trick" questions. How do you approach conversations with people with whom you disagree? When asked why, he admitted that he had failed to include citations in his dissertation, and there was going to be a disciplinary hearing about the issue. Tell me an experience when you stepped outside your comfort zone. Name a time where you were part of a team that had low morale/was struggling, and what you did about it. (We know people are considering a lot of places.). Why Michigan? Why philosophy as major? If there was a shift in your career or path, how did you deal with the shift? georgetown-university, waitlist. Did you do any research on the school? What is something that isnt on your resume thats interesting about you? I divide questions you can ask them into two categories: genuine questions and suck-up questions. When did you start seriously consider going to law school? Talk to me about [the hobbies or interests you listed on your resume]. Dean Cornblatt said during one of the interview that he was conservative on his numbers this year due to the high applicants and so movement will happen on the waitlist. What is an achievement you're particularly proud of, personally, professionally, or academically? What is a time you have had to have resilience? Talk about a time you engaged a disinterested teammate. - He explained that he's doing 3-4 of these interviews a day for months (pretty intense!! Student A: International students should prepare to answer why they would like to go to law school in the U.S., not in their own countries. Did you have a pet growing up, and if not what would you have wanted and why? "in this case, if the applicant had instead written/done X or Y, would you feel differently?"). When you are facing a strict deadline for an important project, how do you organize and manage your time? He asked us to rate this issue in her app from "no problem" > "minor" > "major" > "automatically disqualifying" and explain why. Do you want to study and work in Chicago? And in this Covid world, I am particularly happy to get the chance to connect with so many of you all over the world. Have you experienced any personal setbacks, and how did you respond? What made it so stressful and what did you do to get past it? The committee will ask you Why is Georgetown Law offering an alumni interview? The Dean then weighed in, and he believed that this should be rated as a 7. What is something that you have learned from playing trumpet? He said if she had just written, Im sorry. Do you have any idea what you want to do after law school? Have you been to St. Louis? What do you want to do career wise with a law degree/5-year plan? Pick two things off of your resume to talk about. Give us an example of your leadership experience. He thinks that she is not telling the full story. Where do you see your career going after law school? After everyone else had gone, Dean Andy told us he thought one of the scenarios (PS with mistakes) was a 10 and total rejection of applicant. Its normal to be a little nervous. A student with a stellar GPA and LSAT, with glowing references that describe her excellent writing abilities, applies but her personal statement has typos and refers to the wrong school in the text. legal experience? If they wanted to see what you could do with time to revise, they would send you written questions. Discuss a challenge or how you dealt with critical feedback. If I were to ask your best friend what your three best qualities are, what would they say? What do you think about how she framed the story? First scenario was about a student who had been suspended for a year on account of plagiarism. Where do you want to practice? what job current or past has prepared you most for law school? Whens a time you applied for a job and didnt get it? See alsoWhat Questions Should You Ask a Law School Admissions Officer? Something you believed in for a long time but dont anymore. What do you do to find balance or relieve stress? When teammates are not agreeing, what do you do to facilitate understanding? Northwestern also performs a waitlist interview via Kira. If you could have a conversation with anyone, living or dead, who would it be with? Georgetown Law is a large law school. He observed our large group conversation. For Fall 2020, we received nearly 10,000 applications. It was 45-minute long and exactly how previous applicants described. Can you tell me about a time that you showed leadership? We did only 2 scenarios - the one about the applicant who withdrew from Oxford, and the one about the applicant with a sloppy PS. It wasn't conversational until the end because time was so limited, but the interviewer was very nice, honest, and funny! Student A (Distinguished Scholars Interview), Student B (Distinguished Scholars Interview). (I was a bit unprepared for this one but I think it went okay!). Student G (Interviewer: Dean Kristi Jobson), (Friendly, but not conversational in tone until the very end. Tell me about a time you were challenged while working on a team. Speech is supposed to be messy. Tell me about a time where you analyzed a large set of data, how did you go about it and what was the outcome? What is one question you were prepared to answer but were not asked? Anon asks the guys . What do you hope to get out of law school? How did you get to the point of applying to law school, especially given your experience of practicing law in your home country? When has a failure turned into a success? He explained that his process is to read through apps once (I'm assuming the committee distills out some of the worst ones, but he said nothing about that), interview those he is interested in, and then read the apps again before making a final decision. I guess if I had to give a preliminary answer, Id say (But dont memorize that!) How did you go about doing it? Aside from being a guardian ad litem, what else am I currently doing? Talk about the experiences you had after college. Work at a firm, government, etc? Schools are swamped. He finished by asking us one of his intended optional application prompts for this year that they didnt get to add in: "What was something youve done that was hard but so worth it?. What would interest you about corporate law? How did you end up [across the country] for college? I see that you listed (city) as somewhere you would want to practice after law school. I think this question was more geared to seeing how I handle multiple responsibilities at once. If you worked at YLS admissions, what would you describe as your biggest weakness? Explain a time when you have to change yourself to accommodate someone else. (Supposed to be 20 minutes, but was more like 28 minutes in reality. However, her personal statement had typos, including the wrong school name. He wrapped up the interview by asking us to give one word that describes an ideal candidate. Hypothetically, what do you think youll be doing after law school? Explain a time when you were rejected from a job offering. Student C Tell me about a time you had to deliver difficult news to someone. What is the one thing you want us to know about you? What was a humbling experience you've had? He called Georgetown saying he was withdrawing from the program. What are three values you would instill in your business? Talk about a time you had to deliver difficult news and how went about doing it. Tell me about the most stressful time in your professional career. Obviously this was all super sketchy, but the crux of the issue here was that the offer had already been given out, and they would have to rescind without any real evidence of wrongdoing (they called Oxford and didnt get much info, and the student didnt give any more info). Why is that? What do you think of the Burka ban in France? You can choose from Skype, Google Hangouts, or in-person. What do you dislike? What was a challenge you faced when working on a team. Which student organization would you be interested in? Since it does not seem to be useful in gaining employment (Note: this is a summary, Interviewer said it MUCH nicer than this). Some pretext about the environment and sustainability, and so how do you practice sustainability in your daily life? Think of a time when you had to do something you didnt want to do and what was in your head. What is one of your greatest accomplishments at [undergraduate university]? Dean Cornblatt started with asking us where were at, where were from, what were doing, and a fun fact about us. How would you approach that conflict? As someone whos based in [US region], whats enticing about moving out to the east coast for you? He then divided us into groups of three, and he told to read through the first scenario. A time you fell down and got yourself up. What do you think you want to do after law school? Overall great experience. The content of your answer probably matters less than how you say it. Difficult time with a co-worker and how you resolved it? Whats a time you applied for a job and didnt get it? The interview lasted 25 minutes and 40 seconds. She asked me to tell her a little bit about myself and why I want to study law. How will you deal with not being in top ten percent of class? Until the very end warm, and what motivates me to tell her a little about. 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