APPLICATIONS TO PENN LAW SCHOOL SOAR 
Applications for admission to the JD program at the University of Pennsylvania
Law School rose 43% this year compared to figures from the previous year.
Factors such as the struggling U.S. economy and tentativeness after the
events of September 11th encouraged many college graduates to turn to
the safe harbor of legal education, but the strong interest in Penn Law
also has to do with the attractiveness of the program. Janice Austin,
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, undertakes a cross-country
tour each year to tout the exciting legal interdisciplinary program Penn
offers prospective students. In the 2002 U.S. News & World Report survey
of professional schools, the Law School was ranked 7th in the nation,
up from 10th place the previous year. JLSA SCORES FUNDS FOR LEGAL AID The Jewish Law Students Association
presented the “Hoop It Up for Legal Aid”
basketball tournament at Penn’s Hutchinson
Gym again this year, succeeding in raising
$1,600 for Legal Aid. Eight teams competed
for a trophy, and fans pledged money for the
entertaining Faculty Free Throw Contest. Nine
faculty members competed with Professor
Colin S. Diver who won the contest by making
six out of ten attempted free throws.
SURVEY SAYS . . . ! Among the numerous activities sponsored by
the Council of Student Representatives (CSR)
this year was the first Faculty/Student/
Administrator Trivia Night. Using the model of
the English game Quizzo, teams worked
together to answer questions –
interdisciplinary in subject, naturally – and to
socialize at the end of the semester. |
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