Word: lawschools
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...attributes this to the fact that studentdeferrals are handled on a case-by-case basis,with some individuals deferring for years. The LawSchool asks students to submit a petition fordeferral by May 15, the due date for the firsttuition deposit...
...addition, students may just need a break. "Afresh college graduate generally has no idea whatshe wants to do with her life," says Michael N.Rader, a second-year law student at Harvard LawSchool. "This is normal and a good thing. Let hersow her oats for a while before moving on with`the rest of her life...
Similarly, Boston lawyer and HLS graduate Harvey A. Silverglate says his impression from working with undergraduates considering lawschool is that people recognize that "it's veryvaluable to have a HLS degree...in terms of beingable to generate choices for after you graduate...
Still, as a former solicitor for the lawschool's alumni fund when he was a student atHarvard College, Chan says he noticed that manyalumni do indeed look back at their HLSexperiences with a bit of resentment...
...There is this strong sentiment among manyalums that HLS is this haunted mansion of a lawschool that they don't want much associationwith," Chan recalls...