Law School Visits: Washington and Lee

I’ve decided to take W&L off my list.  But it does have a lot of things going for it, in case you’re considering law school.  The best trait is the honor system; people regularly leave their laptops unattended.  Try that at UMiami.  And of course, it’s very strong academically.  There’s a death penalty clinic, which is pretty awesome.

As for why I decided not to go: I’m fine with small towns, but Lexington is tiny.  There is seriously nothing to do.  (The tour guides put a positive spin on it.  “There are no distractions.” “We just got our third bar, so we can sort of bar-hop now.”)   Also, there are few journals, and no child advocacy activities at all.  Not even an extracurricular student group.  I couldn’t help but compare it to UVA, which has an active student org and a clinic devoted to children.  Most important, I just didn’t have that gut feeling of “Oh, I can totally see myself here.”