2023 CLS Law School Fellows Application

The mission of the CLS Law School Fellows program is to encourage and train law students to seek and study biblical truth as it relates to legal institutions and the study and practice of law.

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First Name

Last Name

Email

Mobile phone

Current Mailing Address

Address

Address 2

City

State/Province?

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Education

Law School

GPA or Academic Rank

Expected Graduation Year

Undergraduate degree, year of graduation, and institution

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PART I: Getting To Know You

Describe your personal spiritual journey.

What are your academic and professional goals. Do they relate to your spiritual life and vocation? If so, how?

How do you hope the CLS Fellows program will help you achieve the goals listed in your answer for Question 2?

Name a historical, cultural, or political leader (alive or dead), other than Jesus, that you consider to be a personal “hero” or role model.

List the titles and authors of three books, besides the Bible, that have had the greatest impact on your life. For each, share why and how so.

List the student organizations with which you are involved on your law school campus. Note any leadership positions held in these organizations.

How has your involvement with the organizations in Question 6 impacted (for good or for ill) your ability to love God and love your neighbor?

PART II: Rapid Fire Questions (15 words or fewer)

If you can implement one common practice across all the churches in America, what would it be and why?

What single trait in a Christian leader do you think is most important and why?

What is one thing people do that annoys you?

What is one thing that you do for fun that makes you unique?

If you were stuck on a desert island with a TV and a VCR, what three movies would you take with you to watch?

If you can have lunch with any person (alive or dead), who would it be and what one question would you ask them? NOTE: Assume they had to answer truthfully!

References

Please list the names, email addresses, and cell phone number of two individuals (other than family members) who would be able to serve as references to your character and maturity. For each please note their position or title and your relationship to them.