Attorney Urges Law School to Accept Rejected Applicant
Mark Nussbaum is a veteran of the Iraq war, and the recipient of a Bronze Star, who returned from Iraq and applied to law school. Unfortunately, he has had trouble being admitted; according to his attorney’s statement, he has been denied admission to about a dozen law schools so far. The problem? According to his lawyer, Nussbaum’s grades and LSAT score aren’t particularly good.
The solution? It seems that Nussbaum hired an attorney, who has written letters to law school deans at the schools that rejected him. The attorney’s letter, cc’d to the President and Donald Rumsfeld, urges the schools to admit Nussbaum on the strength of his personal story. Here is an excerpt from the letter sent to NYU Law School dean Richard Revesz:
I respectfully submit to you, now is the time regardless of your views of the war, to help place all the incredible “Mark Nussbaums” in our country at equal footing. Reward four (4) years of risking his life, protecting you and I with a small insignificant dream in the scope of it all, entrance and graduation in Law school.
While I’ll agree and understand you may feel bottled up in the four (4) walls of your institution fixated on grades and academics, let me respectfully remind you although a legal education is imperative becoming an attorney, the core should be desire to help those in need, whereby Capt. Mark Nussbaum has the majority of applicants beat.
No word yet from Dean Revesz. Not one (1) word. Hat tip: Armen.
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