Sthomp1023 (2019-2020)

- 8+ years working as a Paralegal/Legal Assistant (20+ years in the workforce)
- 4 years as a Girl Scout Leader
- 4 years as VP of our local youth soccer club
- Kids church volunteer
- Community Center volunteer
- Completed undergrad degree while working full-time and part-time as a single mom. Mostly online, a few classes on campus.
- Strong LOR's

- Unsolicited fee waivers for all schools
- Applied for online Hybrid JD programs at the three law schools that offer it (hence the special applications)
- Hoping to get a decisions soon

05/01/2019
Admitted to Mitchell Hamline School of Law via status checker!! Yay! Acceptance letter and other important information has been sent in the mail. Will update on any scholarship info when received.
-UPDATE- received an email several hours after I checked the status checker. Acceptance letter with scholarship info, renewable 30% scholarship. I plan to try and negotiate more.

05/23/2019
Rejected at Dayton via status checker. This honestly came as a bit of a surprise and I am disappointed.

05/23/2019
Waitlisted at SU!! At least it wasn't a flat out no. I am definitely riding this one out as it is my first choice. Sent in waitlist acceptance and LOCI.

06/13/2019
Received a 10% scholarship increase from Mitchell Hamline, now totals 40% of tuition. Only stipulation is maintaining a GPA of 2.20. Have officially decided to accept MHLS and attend there in the fall.

This is especially important for people who are considering law school, but want to sit for the bar in NEW YORK. Look into the Executive J.D. program at MH. It meets all of the components/requirements to sit for the bar in NY, but is mostly online. This is the program that I have enrolled in and if I decide to stay in NY, I will still be able to sit for the bar.

SU - withdrawing from the waitlist.