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From my perspective, an individual’s law school experience will be shaped by core values, beliefs, and past experiences. When I began looking into law schools, I knew two things were important to me. First, I wanted an environment that was close in ideals and setting to my native country of Jamaica. Second, I wanted a place that would help me to continue developing the practical skills I had learned as a working professional. After researching and visiting W&L, I instantly knew that the school met those criteria. W&L is located in the small town of Lexington—where everyone becomes a familiar face—and the school’s continuing efforts to transform the third-year program to mirror the actual practice of law helps its students learn and develop the necessary skills for success as a practicing attorney. One of our priorities in Jamaica is an unspoken code of showing respect to everyone, no matter who they are. The people in the town of Lexington are no different. When I leave Lexington, I will miss the conversations I had with Teresa and all the staff who worked at the gas station beside my house. With them, I had genuine conversations about school, how their jobs were going, and about daily events in the town and their lives. Like Jamaica, because of Lexington’s small town setting, I became acquainted with my neighbors and spent hours having conversations with them. Their encouragement helped with the transition to life in Lexington. Lexington also offers a serene and beautiful landscape that many law students find conducive to effectively handling the stress that comes with our studies. The law school itself has many great attributes, but the most lasting impression W&L will have on me is the third-year program. Prior to coming to law school, I had worked for a number of years. It was during this time that I quickly came to realize that while the One of the greatest benefits of the third-year program is that most of the practicu*s and clinics are structured around working in teams or