Sending a Message: The Importance of the Admissions Interview to Reforming the Legal Profession

When a Columbia Law School admissions officer looked over my resume, I was 3,663 miles away. When another looked at my grades and LSAT score, he had never heard the sound of my voice. When a third read my personal statement, she didn’t have the faintest clue about who I was or what kind of lawyer I was going to be.