Courses
Owning Your Life Experience: Addressing Application "Shortcomings" Strategically
About the course
This course equips prospective law school applicants with the tools and confidence to thoughtfully address imperfections and gaps in their application materials. Learners explore how holistic admissions review works and why there is no “perfect” applicant, while gaining a practical decision-making framework to determine when and how to provide context for academic, professional, or personal challenges. Through guided examples, reflective activities, and a structured communication scaffold, the course demonstrates how to present setbacks with clarity, accountability, and evidence of growth—without overexplaining or sounding defensive. By the end, learners will be able to strategically integrate explanations across application components, ensuring their materials tell a cohesive, forward-looking story that highlights resilience, sound judgment, and readiness for legal study
Syllabus
- M1Not completed
The Myth of the Perfect Law School Applicant
Introduce design thinking as a human‑centered approach for solving complex, unclear problems. - M2Not completed
Deciding Whether Something Should be Addressed
Explore a scenario where resources exist but are not being used, highlighting the need to better understand user experiences. - M3Not completed
Using Setbacks to Demonstrate Resilience and Judgment
Learn the core idea of design thinking as a flexible process focused on understanding people and improving systems over time. - M4Not completed
Placement Within the Application Narrative
Focus on understanding how people experience a problem by listening, observing, and asking thoughtful questions. - M5Not completed
Course Synthesis and Next Steps
Learn how to use insights to clearly reframe a problem in a way that reflects real needs.