Law School

If you’ve been waitlisted for law school, don’t panic! It means the admissions committee saw potential but wanted to see more applicants before making a final decision. Schools also use the waitlist to manage class size; they will admit candidates from the waitlist if other admitted students don’t accept the school’s offer. While acceptance from

At Fortuna Admissions, we often work with candidates deciding between an MBA or JD, helping them navigate the unique opportunities each degree offers. The right choice depends on your goals, interests, and career aspirations. An MBA provides versatility and high earning potential across industries, equipping professionals with leadership, financial acumen, and strategic thinking skills. On the other

Introductory anecdotes are one of the most popular ways to open a law school personal statement, and for good reason: when planned and executed with skill, personal statement anecdote examples can highlight pertinent experience and generate reader intrigue in a personalized way. However, this narrative approach comes with its own set of pitfalls and perils.

As you sit down and begin to brainstorm what you will include in your law school Personal Statement, you may find yourself hitting a mental wall. How to write a personal statement for law school? How long should a personal statement for law school be? Should I pre-write in complete sentences? Fragments? I’m anxious about storytelling

What should applicants dreaming of acceptance to Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, and other T14s prioritize in their applications? A memorable story from a formative work experience? An independent study with a professor who first lit their passion for legal research? A summer internship at a law firm that confirmed the legal profession was an ideal

Top Honors If you’ve scoured the web for information on T14 law schools and rankings lately, you will have noticed there is no consensus for which T14 school should take the top spot this year. After more than 30 years dominating the US News ranking, Yale had to share the #1 spot with Stanford, while

Fortuna Law has compiled the results of the “big four” law school rankings of the last 12 months to produce our Fortuna Ranking of US Law School Rankings for 2023-2024. We’ve combined the results of the law school rankings published by US News, Times Higher Education (THE), QS Quacquarelli Symonds, and ARWU (Shanghai) to produce