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Purpose of the "Family" section of a law school application?
I'm just wondering what the "family information" section of a law school application, which asks you to list your parent's names, ages, occupations, education, etc. is used for. I'm not asking about the "legacy" portion, which is obvious.
This section is always optional. I want to know what the admissions officer will use this info for if I fill it out, what if any effect this could have on my admission to the law school in question, and whether choosing "I choose not to respond" will reflect negatively on the application. Thank you.
My parents are relatively educated, and have white-collar-type jobs.
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- sitcpsitcbLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
Sometimes you can get a small boost to your application (very small, mind you) if your parents are not college graduates and/or blue-collar-worker types. People from low income backgrounds are severely underrepresented in the legal profession generally. Law schools like this information for their own records and statistics, but if you are the first in your family to graduate from college it may help you out very slightly.
You can definitely choose not to respond. Obviously then your answers/lack thereof won't be part of the statistical survey. Not really a big deal.
Source(s): T10 law student I review applications for my law school's admissions committee
