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Kirk Walter

Senior Strategist for Legal Education Services

Kirk Walter is LSAC's senior strategist for legal education services. Immediately before joining LSAC, Kirk served as the head of public services for the University of Alabama’s Bounds Law Library and taught Legal Research. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Dean of the Weekend JD Program at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he also taught Election Law. Kirk began his legal career working as Elections Counsel for the State of Ohio and then as a Staff Attorney for the Alabama Disability Advocacy Program.

By Kirk Walter

What does it mean to belong in law school and the legal profession? The work of becoming a lawyer is not about fitting into a narrow definition of professionalism, Kirk Walter writes.