Wake Forest University School of Law

Approximately 75% of my class received merit scholarships, and the average amount of an individual scholarship was $20,000. Basically, if you score better than 164 on the LSAT, you can attend Wake Forest Law for about $18,000 per year. That’s not bad at all for a top-50 law school. / / Also, for those who are looking for small classes and plenty of professor/student interaction, Wake is a very small law school. Last semester, my class was split into 5 sections with around 36 students per section.

1L

I think Wake has a great environment for a T50 law school with a very collegial atmosphere between most people and a willingness to help new students out. Almost all of the “practical” classes I have taken and co-or-extra-curricular opportunities I’ve taken advantage of through the school have been very helpful and the director of the Litigation Clinic in particular is a very well-respected lady (with good reason). / / It should be noted that Wake is hiring a lot of new faculty right now, and I do not know how that will change the experience for incoming students, but most of the professors who teach 1L classes are excellent instructors and well-respected and well-liked faculty at the school. By bringing in new faculty the school has removed some of the “bad seeds” from the 1L teaching line-up and has started a whole initiative to expose students to more targeted mentoring and different career paths to take with a law degree. / / Despite that, I would say Career Services is a deficient area. While the OCI postings are plentiful in the Fall, I know very few people who got anything out of that in terms of an actual offer and most of the firms that conduct OCI interview the same 10 people (the top 10 in the class). In terms of helping the rest of us, Career Services really does little to actively assist you. They have a poorly thought out mock interview program with actual interviewers that they supplement with an online component that just records your responses to questions for review with a Career Services person. While the personnel are all very accessible and friendly, they don’t seem to accomplish much for most students aside from reviewing resumes and cover letters and telling us to search Martindale-Hubbel or the NALP database for alums to network with. I think with the increased money they put in to hiring more staff for the office, they could do a lot more to help students and grads in a rough economy.

2L

The actual job placement rates, not the phony ones they publish on the glossy flyers. Also – that OCI is a complete scam (as it is everywhere).

2L