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Sending a Message: The Importance of the Admissions Interview to Reforming the Legal Profession

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 As you wait for Eben's clarifications, I have a thought. I think Eben's second to last paragraph is getting at the professor's values, not the student's. As the professor interviewing will have a greater say in who to admit, what type of characteristics is he selecting for? It is not obvious that professors share your dedication to social responsibility. They may select students who don't align with your values.

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>		Well, that's why I don't really agree with Eben's contention that it is professors who should be the ones who do the interviewing and the choosing. I don't think the problem is who is doing the choosing - you're right that many professors will have any sort of dedication to social responsibility. I think the problem is how we're doing the choosing - looking at tests scores and grades and not sending any sort of signal to students that they need to be complete lawyers if they're going to be accepted.

Also, just to clarify, I'm not saying that interviewing and emphasizing social responsibility is going to automatically turn every Columbia Law student into a public-interest do-gooder. I don't even think that would be a good thing. But I think we can and should instill into students a sense that they occupy a special position with a tremendous amount of power as a Columbia law grad and that they should wield that power in a more humane, thoughtful fashion.

-- JaredMiller - 27 Jun 2012

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