Business Insider Talks with Dean Perry and Three 1Ls about Admissions (subscription required)
UChicago Law students and a dean of admissions explain how to nail your interview and personal statement to land a spot at the elite law school
First-year law school enrollment hardly budged this year despite the pandemic. New data shows that the number of new students at nearly 200 American Bar Association-approved schools fell by only 0.21% from the previous year.
The University of Chicago Law School saw the same trend: 188 1L students enrolled this year, only a slight dip from the 197 in the year before.
The school consistently ranks among the most prestigious graduate law programs in the world, with an acceptance rate of 18%. Unlike some of the other top 14 schools, UChicago Law has an especially small class size, at just over 600 full-time students. (Columbia, which shares its number-four US News ranking, has double the number.)
"It makes such a close community where you're going to have meaningful engagement with your classmates and faculty," said Ann Perry, associate dean of admissions. "You're starting your legal network right there."
The small class sizes also mean close faculty engagement. Professors' offices are located in the main law library, making it easy for students to drop by for office hours.
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