Yale Law School once factored legacy affiliation into its admissions preferences, three Law School professors told the News — a policy that was not publicized and no longer exists.
Over the course of more than a decade, the Law School has gradually become legacy-blind in its admissions process, Akhil Reed Amar ’80 LAW ’84, a Sterling professor of law and political science, said in interviews with the News between April and June. Parental ties to the school — whether as alumni or faculty — now carry no weight in evaluating potential J.D. candidates, according to a Law School spokesperson.
