BLOOMBERG LAW — For undergraduate institutions committed to equity, close attention to recruiting, supporting, and retaining first-generation college students is essential. But it’s just as important for graduate schools to understand and empower these scholars as they move toward advanced degrees. This is particularly true for leaders in law schools, which introduce students to an ancient and traditionally exclusive profession characterized by hierarchy and innumerable written and unwritten rules. It’s not enough merely to admit students who are the first in their families to attend law school or who were the first in their families to attend college; we must also find mechanisms to support their continued success once they’re here and in their careers to come. Why is this important? Certainly, if we profess to want an educational system that is inclusive and equitable, then efforts must be made to equip first-generation students with the knowledge that their peers glean from their college-educated parents so that all are equally able to perform to the best of their abilities as law students.