{"591921":{"#nid":"591921","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Harvard Law School Expands Junior Deferral Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHarvard Law School\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2017\/3\/20\/junior-deferral-program-pilot\/?utm_source=thecrimson\u0026amp;utm_medium=web_primary\u0026amp;utm_campaign=recommend_sidebar\u0022\u003E Junior Deferral Program\u003C\/a\u003E will accept application from undergraduate juniors at colleges and universities nationwide in the fall of 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStarted in 2014 and previously only open to Harvard College students, the deferral program allows students to apply to the Law School\u003Cstrong\u003E during their junior year of college \u003C\/strong\u003Eon the condition that\u003Cstrong\u003E they defer enrollment for at least two years if accepted\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe deferral program is meant to encourage promising applicants to pursue important and fulfilling experiences prior to starting law school (bridge years) and to allay concerns about how a delayed application will appear to the admissions office.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article and more details:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2017\/5\/3\/junior-deferral-program-expanded\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk414265\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2017\/5\/3\/junior-deferral-program-expanded\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thinking about law school but want to take a bridge year?  Harvard Law School\u0027s Junior Deferral Program may be an option."}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2017-05-19 14:10:06","changed_gmt":"2017-05-19 14:10:06","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"591920":{"id":"591920","type":"image","title":"Harvard Law School","body":null,"created":"1495202886","gmt_created":"2017-05-19 14:08:06","changed":"1495202886","gmt_changed":"2017-05-19 14:08:06","alt":"Photo of Harvard Law School building","file":{"fid":"225585","name":"204547_1322255.jpg.635x420_q95_crop-smart_upscale.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/204547_1322255.jpg.635x420_q95_crop-smart_upscale.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/204547_1322255.jpg.635x420_q95_crop-smart_upscale.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":97747,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/204547_1322255.jpg.635x420_q95_crop-smart_upscale.jpg?itok=uLHRD8Iz"}}},"media_ids":["591920"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"9611","name":"law school"},{"id":"2923","name":"harvard"},{"id":"89961","name":"harvard law school"},{"id":"174466","name":"deferral"},{"id":"170590","name":"bridge year"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}