Some are described here. What, I wonder, prevents an applicant from writing a "perspective statement" (as HLS calls it) that creates the impression that he or she is a racial minority, when they are not? I imagine this will start to happen, and unless an applicant flat out lies about something, I can't see that law schools can do anything about it.




If you were the head recruiter for a professional basketball team, would you require height and weight measurements for prospective…