Announcing the Class of 2022 JD Advising Scholars

Announcing the Class of 2022 JD Advising Scholars

JD Advising is thrilled to announce the 2022 class of JD Advising Scholars. After a very competitive application cycle, we are excited to have 50 scholars in the program. These scholars are first-year students attending law schools across the nation.

Announcing the Class of 2022 JD Advising Scholars

Our students are attending prestigious law schools such as Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, Duke University School of Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Michigan Law School, University of California Berkeley School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, University of California Los Angeles School of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of law, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School, Emory Law, Fordham University School of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law, Howard University School of Law, Michigan State University College of Law, Wayne State University Law School, University of Detroit Mercy Law School of Law, George Washington University Law School, Syracuse University College of Law, and the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV. This is such an impressive group of candidates and we cannot wait to see what they do!

Our fifteen law firm partners are financially sponsoring the tutoring and materials for students.

These firms also generously give their time to serve as mentors to the students and attend panels to give helpful advice.

“We are excited to offer high-quality resources and services to historically underrepresented students in their first year of law school,” said JD Advising founder and CEO Ashley Heidemann, Esq. “Thanks to our generous law firm sponsors, these students receive academic and career services throughout their first year of law school.”

Our firm sponsors this year are:

• Bush Seyferth PLLC
• Covington & Burling LLP
• Haynes and Boone, LLP
• Honigman LLP
• Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss (joining Taft December 31, 2022)
• Latham & Watkins LLP
• Lowenstein Sandler LLP
• Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC
• Ogletree Deakins
• Robinson+Cole
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
• Varnum LLP
• Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Scholars who are accepted to the program receive the following:

• 10 hours of one-on-one tutoring before and throughout the first semester of law school (valued at over $2,000!) 
• JD Advising Law School One-Sheets
• JD Advising Law School Study Aids (outlines, flashcards, short-answer questions, multiple-choice questions, and more!)
• Access to firm panels and networking events
• Potential access to mentorship by a law firm sponsor

To be eligible for the JD Advising Law School Scholars Program, first-year law students must meet the following requirements:

• Must be enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school for the upcoming fall.
• Must have a minimum of either a 3.0 undergraduate GPA or a 160 LSAT score.
• Must identify as a member of an underrepresented racial, ethnic, or gender group, a member of the LGBTQ community, or disabled.

We are very excited about the 2022 class of JD Advising scholars and cannot wait to see what they accomplish in law school and their careers.

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