Amal Yamusah and Aaron Francis, both rising seniors at Morehouse College, have come up with a unique way to encourage African-American college students to pursue a career in law.They have launched an undergraduate law review, the Morehouse College Law Journal, to promote the school's pre-law program and help their own applications to law school at a time when law school is more expensive and the lawyer job market is tougher than ever.
"I can't tell you how many people want to go to law school as freshmen, but their enthusiasm dies down by their senior year," Yamusah said. "I don't know what turns people off—maybe the LSAT and the prep stuff, or that legal writing requires you to read carefully and closely.
