Law School... Yes We Can Fellowship Application

2026 FELLOW APPLICATION FOR MENTORSHIP
The deadline for applications is Friday March 13, 2026.

Finalists for the program will be interviewed in April and May.

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Please complete the following application to apply for admission to the Law School... Yes We Can! (LSYWC) Mentorship Program.

The use of ChatGPT or any other form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited. If AI is detected, your application will be disqualified.

Once you submit the form, you will receive a confirmation that your application was received along with a link to edit your application if you need to.

You may edit your application until 11:59 p.m. on March 13, 2026.

You may hover over some fields to receive specific instructions.

Please note that most fields are required and you cannot submit your application without answering all required questions.

If you need to submit your application and return to edit it later, you must insert some answer in each required field.

You may edit your responses and submit again at a later date before the deadline.

Finally, to avoid loss of data or input, it may be most secure for you to complete the essay sections off line and copy and paste your responses when you are ready to submit.

If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail us at info@lawschoolyeswecan.org.
Basic Information
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Who in your family graduated from High School?*
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How many siblings do you have?*
How many of your siblings have graduated from High School?*
How many of your siblings have graduated from College/University?*
How did you hear about this program?*
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Are you currently attending college?*

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Name of College
Expected Year of College Graduation*
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Name of High School*
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To what colleges/universities have you applied?
What college/university do you plan to attend?
Mentor Preferences
Preferred Gender of LSYWC Mentor*

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Preferred Area of Law Practiced by LSYWC Mentor*
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Preferred Area of Law Practiced by LSYWC Mentor*
If Other, Please Specify
Short-Answer Essays (500 words each)
1. Name, at most, your three most important extracurricular activities and explain why each of them is important to you. We want to know why you are passionate about them. They do not need to have anything to do with law.*

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2. Imagine yourself as a lawyer in 10 years. What area of law would be be practicing and why? Feel free to make up an area of law if you are unsure if it exists.*

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3. Why do you want to be a lawyer and how do you think Law School... Yes We Can! can help you achieve this goal?*

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4. Below are sayings attributed to famous lawyers and one non-lawyer:

A. "The dynamism of any diverse community depends not only on the diversity itself but on promoting a sense of belonging among those who formerly would have been considered and felt themselves, outsiders." - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

B. "None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots." - Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

C. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa

D. "The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere." - Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States

E. "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Drafter of the Declaration of Independence
Choose ONE of these statements and describe how it makes you feel:*

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5. If you could have dinner with one famous person, who would you choose and why?*

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6. Describe a challenge you faced in life and how you overcame it. *

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Attachments

Please attach the following:

1. A copy of your latest high school transcript.

2. If you are in college, please provide your current college transcript.

3. Your resume.

4. Optional: Some students may have completed a senior portfolio of work done, activities pursued, and/or other experience obtained. We are happy to review anything else that lets us get to know you.
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Commitment to Mentorship

If you are selected for this mentoring program, you are committing to meeting with your 3 - 4 mentors every month for the four years you are in college. Each year, we will also have approximately 5 workshops that are designed to help you build the skills to be admitted to, and succeed at, law school and to succeed as a lawyer. If you are selected for the program, you must sign the Acknowledgement Agreement.
Are you willing to make this commitment as described above?*

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2026 FELLOW APPLICATION FOR MENTORSHIP