Duke Law Class of 2019 Forum

[lymenheimer]

I didn't catch wind of the parking issue at ASW, but does anyone know if the garage they are building next to the business school will be available for law student parking? Also, does anyone know the closest gym open to (non-athlete) students?

So the parking issue was also covered up by the mention of the bus routes, which have a stop right in front of the law school. So thats probably why it wasnt too heavily pressed except for in one on one situations. You might be better off asking the question about the garage in the taking questions thread and quote one of the current students to get their attention (or you can do it in here and quote split/serett). As for closest gym, you should have gotten a campus walking tour map in your packet at asw. Its like a 5-10 minute walk south(east) of the law school, right on the other side of cameron indoor.

[madoodle16]

Anyone with successful negotiations? How long did it take to get a response?

I emailed and they immediately wrote back and said to email back at the end of March, so I did. Haven't heard back yet- from what I hear they do scholarship committee meetings on Fridays, so hopefully the end of this week or next.

I sent an email also, was asked to send an email at the end of the month. I sent a follow up with an additional offer. They sent a confirmation email but I haven't heard anything since.

Huh, I haven't received a confirmation email. Did you send your email to financial_aid@law.duke.edu?

Yep

I also sent an email on Sunday and on Monday, they reached out and told me thanks for writing and that they will get back to me shortly.

[jg61]

Anyone with successful negotiations? How long did it take to get a response?

I emailed and they immediately wrote back and said to email back at the end of March, so I did. Haven't heard back yet- from what I hear they do scholarship committee meetings on Fridays, so hopefully the end of this week or next.

I sent an email also, was asked to send an email at the end of the month. I sent a follow up with an additional offer. They sent a confirmation email but I haven't heard anything since.

Huh, I haven't received a confirmation email. Did you send your email to financial_aid@law.duke.edu?

Yep

I also sent an email on Sunday and on Monday, they reached out and told me thanks for writing and that they will get back to me shortly.

+1. Took a day from initial e-mail to the "thanks for writing, we'll get back to you soon" reply.

[coffee247]

Duke is a strong contender for me. Anyone know when the roommate search usually commences? (I.e. Google doc, fb group)

[lymenheimer]

Duke is a strong contender for me. Anyone know when the roommate search usually commences? (I.e. Google doc, fb group)

There is a facebook group, on it there has been posted a googlesheet with roommate search. Have you not received an invite to the group?

[coffee247]

Duke is a strong contender for me. Anyone know when the roommate search usually commences? (I.e. Google doc, fb group)

There is a facebook group, on it there has been posted a googlesheet with roommate search. Have you not received an invite to the group?

I have not. I will try to find it and request to join.

[anonymous117]

Duke is a strong contender for me. Anyone know when the roommate search usually commences? (I.e. Google doc, fb group)

There is a facebook group, on it there has been posted a googlesheet with roommate search. Have you not received an invite to the group?

I have not. I will try to find it and request to join.

In the weekly email newsletters, I believe there's usually a link to join the group on the side bar.

[lymenheimer]

In the weekly email newsletters, I believe there's usually a link to join the group on the side bar.

Hmmm...Well that's embarrassing. I've been searching on FB since February and it's been there in the emails since January.

[coffee247]

The committee has started responding to scholarship emails. I sent them copies of offers from other peer law schools and they were gracious enough to negotiate. Very pleased

[Serett]

I didn't catch wind of the parking issue at ASW, but does anyone know if the garage they are building next to the business school will be available for law student parking? Also, does anyone know the closest gym open to (non-athlete) students?

So the parking issue was also covered up by the mention of the bus routes, which have a stop right in front of the law school. So thats probably why it wasnt too heavily pressed except for in one on one situations. You might be better off asking the question about the garage in the taking questions thread and quote one of the current students to get their attention (or you can do it in here and quote split/serett). As for closest gym, you should have gotten a campus walking tour map in your packet at asw. Its like a 5-10 minute walk south(east) of the law school, right on the other side of cameron indoor.

To my knowledge, they haven't actually told us how many of us (and which years) might have access to the new parking garage, but there's a loose allusion to it including law and business school students here. Of course, that also indicates there's currently a 2200-person waiting list, so it's anyone guess if it'll even help alleviate overall congestion and overselling of the currently available lots, regardless of whether law students can park there. I've made a few previous posts on parking:

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My tl;dr on it (though I recommend reading these posts if you do end up coming here) is, at least as a 1L and maybe as a 2L (I can't comment on the Chem Lot situation available to 3Ls and 2Ls who do LEAD), there's always somewhere for you to park without having to pay extra or get a ticket. But it might be far away (lots on Duke University Road), and if you plan to triage between the lots instead of just going to the farthest ones, you should plan extra time to arrive until you know which ones fill up by which times. This is true both at normal times and during sports events, when parking is even more irritating but when, as always, there is somewhere for you to park without having to pay extra or get a ticket. In that case, it's just going to be either a lot across from the Chem Lot (actually closer than most if not all of the Green Zone) or a parking garage quite far away near the medical/science buildings. This is far more annoying than being able to park, say, right next to the school, but it's not as annoying as people say when they pretend that there is truly nowhere to park.

And re: the gym, yeah, it's at most a five minute walk. Across the street, past Sanford, and through a small parking lot, right next to Cameron and Wallace Wade. It's about as close as one could reasonably hope.

[pittsburghpirates]

The committee has started responding to scholarship emails. I sent them copies of offers from other peer law schools and they were gracious enough to negotiate. Very pleased

Congrats! Did your new offer come through email or snail mail like the original?

[coffee247]

The committee has started responding to scholarship emails. I sent them copies of offers from other peer law schools and they were gracious enough to negotiate. Very pleased

Congrats! Did your new offer come through email or snail mail like the original?

Thanks! I received an email

[no_desk]

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[lymenheimer]

So how exactly do I go about trying to renegotiate my scholarship? Reading through the thread, I see that I send the email to the financial aid office and obviously I'll include other offers, but am I expected to write a brief why Duke again too? It just feels strange sending an email saying "Hi, School X gave me this much, so give me more money please and thank you." Sorry if this has been gone over somewhere else, I just looked through this and the Class of 2018 thread and didn't see anyone talking about what exactly they were saying in the email.

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... =7&t=27221

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... hp?t=79373

a bunch of tips and how tos in those threads. You don't want to give them a 4 page email requesting a scholarship bump, but justification is a useful tool.

[vested]

I didn't catch wind of the parking issue at ASW, but does anyone know if the garage they are building next to the business school will be available for law student parking? Also, does anyone know the closest gym open to (non-athlete) students?

So the parking issue was also covered up by the mention of the bus routes, which have a stop right in front of the law school. So thats probably why it wasnt too heavily pressed except for in one on one situations. You might be better off asking the question about the garage in the taking questions thread and quote one of the current students to get their attention (or you can do it in here and quote split/serett). As for closest gym, you should have gotten a campus walking tour map in your packet at asw. Its like a 5-10 minute walk south(east) of the law school, right on the other side of cameron indoor.

To my knowledge, they haven't actually told us how many of us (and which years) might have access to the new parking garage, but there's a loose allusion to it including law and business school students here. Of course, that also indicates there's currently a 2200-person waiting list, so it's anyone guess if it'll even help alleviate overall congestion and overselling of the currently available lots, regardless of whether law students can park there. I've made a few previous posts on parking:

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My tl;dr on it (though I recommend reading these posts if you do end up coming here) is, at least as a 1L and maybe as a 2L (I can't comment on the Chem Lot situation available to 3Ls and 2Ls who do LEAD), there's always somewhere for you to park without having to pay extra or get a ticket. But it might be far away (lots on Duke University Road), and if you plan to triage between the lots instead of just going to the farthest ones, you should plan extra time to arrive until you know which ones fill up by which times. This is true both at normal times and during sports events, when parking is even more irritating but when, as always, there is somewhere for you to park without having to pay extra or get a ticket. In that case, it's just going to be either a lot across from the Chem Lot (actually closer than most if not all of the Green Zone) or a parking garage quite far away near the medical/science buildings. This is far more annoying than being able to park, say, right next to the school, but it's not as annoying as people say when they pretend that there is truly nowhere to park.

And re: the gym, yeah, it's at most a five minute walk. Across the street, past Sanford, and through a small parking lot, right next to Cameron and Wallace Wade. It's about as close as one could reasonably hope.

Super helpful info here--thanks for sharing the insight!

[Serett]

The most recent employment data (Class of 2015) is now available.

FT+LT Bar-Required: 93%
Biglaw + Fed Clerk: 76.44%
Unemployed (includes continuing education): 2.89%

[BillClinton Jr]

Duke posted some really nice employment numbers for the class of 2015...makes me feel even more comfortable with the choice to attend

[lymenheimer]

Duke posted some really nice employment numbers for the class of 2015...makes me feel even more comfortable with the choice to attend

So are you one of the option 1 in the poll? (Trying to make sure we have everyone accounted for. Anonymous polls are VERY important data collectors)

[BillClinton Jr]

Duke posted some really nice employment numbers for the class of 2015...makes me feel even more comfortable with the choice to attend

So are you one of the option 1 in the poll? (Trying to make sure we have everyone accounted for. Anonymous polls are VERY important data collectors)

Yes

[lymenheimer]

Duke posted some really nice employment numbers for the class of 2015...makes me feel even more comfortable with the choice to attend

So are you one of the option 1 in the poll? (Trying to make sure we have everyone accounted for. Anonymous polls are VERY important data collectors)

Yes

Well I look forward to meeting you this fall, if I didn't already meet you at ASW! Will be taking opinions on a TLS meetup as we get closer to orientation

[BillClinton Jr]

Duke posted some really nice employment numbers for the class of 2015...makes me feel even more comfortable with the choice to attend

So are you one of the option 1 in the poll? (Trying to make sure we have everyone accounted for. Anonymous polls are VERY important data collectors)

Yes

Well I look forward to meeting you this fall, if I didn't already meet you at ASW! Will be taking opinions on a TLS meetup as we get closer to orientation

Sounds good to me! I look forward to meeting all the cool TLS folks who come to Duke

[theconsigliere]

The committee has started responding to scholarship emails. I sent them copies of offers from other peer law schools and they were gracious enough to negotiate. Very pleased

When did you send the request if you don't mind sharing?

[IcarusOnWheels]

Has anyone heard back from scholarship negotiation yet (other than the lucky individual above )

[madoodle16]

Has anyone heard back from scholarship negotiation yet (other than the lucky individual above )

Nope, but I have deadlines coming up soon so I'm starting to get nervous...

[lymenheimer]

Has anyone heard back from scholarship negotiation yet (other than the lucky individual above )

I have and, through fear of outing myself (more than I already have), it was not very favorable. I sent my request a bit prior to the suggested date, due to deadlines that were coming before their suggested timeline. I received my response after those deadlines passed, so I have a suspicion that the transparency on my end and the timing resulted in the response I received.