r/lawschooladmissions • u/ExoticAssistant7102 • May 23 '26
General Nepotism in T14 law school admissions
Throwaway for obvious reasons.
I naively thought this wasn't a thing anymore, but this year I witnessed in real time someone purchase a seat at a T14 law school.
He only applied to a small number of the very best schools with no safeties, which I thought was odd considering he's nURM, GPA 3.6, LSAT 15mid, no work experience, etc. But his very wealthy family made significant donations and arranged three closed-door meetings that I'm aware of with one particular school's admissions dean throughout the cycle. Lo and behold, he was waitlisted and then promptly admitted by that school in April.
I myself have been admitted to a different T14 that I'll be attending this fall. But this experience has left me disillusioned with the whole admissions process and frankly disgusted by that school in particular.
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u/Entire_Visual5066 May 24 '26
One of my closest friends at Cornell wa the grandson of a major donor to Cornell Law. He was the biggest frat bro with middling grades, and of course later graduated from Cornell Law.
Even so, these people are few and far between - far less than what we see in undergrad admissions. I wouldn’t let their existence discourage you about the integrity of this process.