Participant Disclaimer & Acknowledgment
Every pre-law student participating in the One-on-One Pre-Law Advisement Clinic or the Remote Law School Application Materials Review must read and sign this form. Advisors and law school application materials reviewers must read it and remain aware of its limitations.
National HBCU Pre-Law Summit
The One-on-One Pre-Law Advisement and Remote Law School Application Materials Review services are offered solely for general educational and informational purposes. Advisors and materials reviewers are volunteers who may include attorneys, law students, admissions professionals, educators, and other individuals with relevant knowledge or experience. Their comments, recommendations, and opinions are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the National HBCU Pre-Law Summit & Law Expo, its organizers, sponsors, partners, participating institutions, or affiliated organizations.
Participation in either service is voluntary and undertaken at the participant’s own risk. Guidance and feedback are not intended to constitute legal, financial, academic, admissions, career, mental-health, or other professional advice. Participation does not create an attorney-client, advisor-client, fiduciary, confidential, or continuing mentorship relationship.
Advisors and reviewers cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or continued applicability of the information they provide. Law school requirements, admissions practices, scholarship policies, application instructions, character-and-fitness standards, and bar-admission requirements may vary by institution and jurisdiction and may change over time.
Participants are strongly encouraged to:
- Seek guidance from multiple reliable sources;
- Conduct their own independent research;
- Carefully review the current requirements and instructions of each law school;
- Consult LSAC, law school admissions and financial-aid offices, applicable bar-admission authorities, and appropriately qualified professionals when necessary;
- Evaluate all recommendations in light of their individual circumstances, values, goals, and responsibilities; and
- Make their own independent decisions about whether and how to apply any advice or feedback received.
Participants remain solely responsible for the content, accuracy, authenticity, completeness, and timely submission of all application materials. Feedback is advisory only. Participants are free to accept, adapt, or reject any recommendation, and they should not make a change that is inaccurate, inconsistent with their experiences, contrary to a school’s instructions, or unrepresentative of their authentic voice.
The National HBCU Pre-Law Summit & Law Expo, its organizers, volunteers, advisors, reviewers, sponsors, partners, participating institutions, and affiliated organizations make no representation, warranty, or guarantee regarding admission, scholarships, financial aid, academic performance, employment, bar eligibility, licensure, or any other outcome. To the fullest extent permitted by law, they are not responsible for decisions made, actions taken or not taken, application results, or other consequences arising from a participant’s use of or reliance upon the advisement, feedback, information, or recommendations provided.
By participating in the One-on-One Pre-Law Advisement Clinic or submitting materials for Remote Law School Application Materials Review, the participant acknowledges that they have read and understood this disclaimer and voluntarily agree to accept responsibility for their own research, decisions, application materials, and outcomes.
Participant Acknowledgment & Signature
Participant name (print)
Institution / school
Email address
Service (advisement / materials review)
Participant signature
Date
Signature required before an advisement appointment begins or application materials are submitted for review. Return the signed form to the Summit Service Desk or the clinic check-in table.
Volunteers do not sign this form, but they are responsible for honoring its limits in every session and every written review.
- Read this disclaimer in full before your first appointment or review assignment.
- State plainly that your guidance is educational and that no attorney-client, fiduciary, or continuing mentorship relationship is created.
- Never guarantee admission, scholarships, financial aid, employment, bar eligibility, or licensure.
- Distinguish personal opinion from established, verifiable information, and refer participants to official sources when appropriate.
- Confirm that the participant has signed the acknowledgment before an advisement session or materials review begins.
Pre-law students can sign this disclaimer electronically and, if they want written feedback, upload their application materials at the same time — no printing and no account required.
Sign online & upload materials