Elle WoodsApplication, Harvard Law School, J.D.

Serious about the law. Seriously pink.

To the admissions committee

01 / Who I am

A 4.0 president who does the reading.

Elle Woods

Los Angeles, California

Printed on pink.
Lightly scented.

Education

CULA. B.A., Fashion Merchandising

4.0 GPA

Testing

179 LSAT

Leadership

President, Delta Nu

Also

Hawaiian Tropic girl

Skills

Recall. Fluent legal vocabulary, used daily.

02 / Proof I deliver

Months of study. 179 out of 180.

One point short of perfect. Top tenth of one percent.

Score report Candidate: Woods, Elle

Scaled score

179

Percentile

99.9th

03 / Case study

My first cross-examination happened in a boutique.

Case 001

Woods v. the Boutique

Won

The claim: A saleswoman presents last season's dress as brand new, at full price.
The evidence: The fabric and the stitching on the hem date it to a season ago.
The ruling: Claim rejected. The customer keeps her money and her afternoon.

Transferable skills

01Read the witness
02Know the evidence cold
03Never take the first answer

04 / Why Harvard

Harvard wins the fit test with or without Warner.

Yale has his brother. Not the same.

Harvard LawYale LawStanford LawA backup school

A top-three law school

Biggest 1L class: the most people to meet

Clinics with real clients

Real winters, so a new coat wardrobe

Warner is enrolled

Score 4321

05 / What I'll bring

A skill nobody else in the class has: hair-care chemistry.

You never know which case will turn on a perm.

Recall for anything I have read
Legal vocabulary, already in daily use
Delta Nu-grade organizing for study groups

Bruiser WoodsStudy group morale

06 / The objection

You'll say I'm not serious. The record disagrees.

07 / References

References on request. Mostly glowing.

Delta NuCULA chapter

She ran our house, aced the LSAT, and still made every chapter meeting. We are very sad to lose her to Cambridge.

Margot and Serena

Bruiser Woods

Chihuahua, roommate

Signed with a paw.
Warner Huntington III

Former boyfriend

Declined to comment.

08 / The ask

Admit me this fall. I'll make it look easy.

Seat: One, in the first-year class
Start: This fall
Arriving with: One Chihuahua

Harvard Law SchoolOffice of Admissions, Cambridge

Dear Ms. Woods,

What, like it's hard?