Admissible: A Look Inside Law School Admissions

Admissible: A Look Inside Law School Admissions
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UVA Law Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 offers insights into the world of law school admissions and a behind-the-scenes look at life as a law student through interviews with students, faculty, alumni and staff.

  1. S8 E1: Director Debrief – The 2026 Cycle So Far

    JAN 30

    S8 E1: Director Debrief – The 2026 Cycle So Far

    UVA Law’s three directors of admission — Katie Delsandro ’12, Rosanne Ibanez and Jennifer Echemendia — discuss the 2026 application cycle and offer advice to candidates seeking to obtain admission to a top law school in an increasingly competitive process.

    1h 8m
  2. S7 E8: Season 7 Wrapped

    12/12/2025

    S7 E8: Season 7 Wrapped

    Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 wraps up the year with insights about each episode of Season 7.

    7 min
  3. S7 E7: Navigating Today’s Legal Job Market

    12/05/2025

    S7 E7: Navigating Today’s Legal Job Market

    Assistant Dean for Private Practice Lauren Parker ’08 and Director of Private Practice Kira Walmer ’08 join classmate Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 to discuss how UVA Law’s individualized approach to career counseling prepares students to navigate an increasingly fast-paced and unpredictable job market. Parker and Walmer offer practical tips for balancing the job search with first-year coursework; advise how to make the most of each career counseling session; share which skills and traits make someone a “keeper” in the legal industry; and more.

    1h 43m
  4. S7 E6: The Education Rights Institute at UVA Law

    11/14/2025

    S7 E6: The Education Rights Institute at UVA Law

    UVA Law Professor and Education Rights Institute Director Kimberly Jenkins Robinson discusses her passion for education rights and why she founded ERI, how law students are critical to the institute’s operation and the work the institute is doing to further the right to a high-quality education in America. Robinson also shares why she loves teaching at the Law School and why she believes UVA Law students are “the happiest group of law students.”

    56 min
  5. S7 E5: Happy OWL-oween!

    10/31/2025

    S7 E5: Happy OWL-oween!

    Older, wiser law students (“owls”) Neil Noronha ’26 and Kathleen Samuelson ’26 join Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 to discuss how they forged their paths as nontraditional applicants and found community at UVA Law.

    1h 11m
  6. S7 E4: Approaching the Bench

    10/17/2025

    S7 E4: Approaching the Bench

    Judge Lisa Lorish ’08 joins her classmate, Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08, to discuss her path to the Virginia Court of Appeals following a successful career in private practice and as a federal public defender. Currently a lecturer at UVA Law, Judge Lorish offers advice to law school applicants, students and graduates, and shares what she loves most about serving on the bench.

    1h 15m
  7. S7 E3: A Roadmap to Law School

    10/03/2025

    S7 E3: A Roadmap to Law School

    From college sophomores to first-year law students, Sarah Beddingfield ’28 and Morgan Gaspar ’28 join Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 to discuss their experience in UVA Law’s Roadmap Scholars Initiative.

    45 min
  8. S7 E2: Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at UVA Law

    09/19/2025

    S7 E2: Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at UVA Law

    Professor and Double Hoo Xiao Wang, director of UVA Law’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, joins Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 to discuss how the clinic gets selected to take on high-profile cases; why a people-first approach is critical to successful advocacy; and how his time at UVA helped prepare him for the grand stage of the Supreme Court. Following the clinic’s back-to-back 9-0 victories at the Supreme Court in the 2024-25 term, Wang emphasizes that UVA Law students are at the forefront of the research, briefing and preparation for oral argument of each case presented before the Supreme Court, all while still in their third year of law school.

    1h 16m
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UVA Law Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 offers insights into the world of law school admissions and a behind-the-scenes look at life as a law student through interviews with students, faculty, alumni and staff.

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