Corie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated cum laude and was honored with the H. Hill Award in English Literature, one of the Berkeley English department’s highest honors. She received her law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she served as an Editor of the Entertainment Law Review and also completed the school’s prestigious entertainment law program. As a law student, Corie was recognized twice for academic excellence as a Teaching Fellow, once in constitutional law and once in contracts. She began publishing academic research while still a student at UCLA, where a paper that she co-authored with a faculty member served as a springboard for her academic career.

After graduating, Corie began her extensive legal education journey. As Professor of Academic Theory and a Lecturer in Law, she first taught at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law before becoming a Legal Writing Professor at the University of Colorado’s Wolf Law School. As a professor, Corie’s passion has always been supporting law students to be the very best scholars and test-takers they can be. She has designed and taught courses focused on legal writing and analysis, as well as cross-disciplinary courses that integrated topics in property, constitutional law, and contracts. Her goal has always been bringing out the very best in students by developing a warm and supportive relationship while pushing them to realize peak performance. Her success in supporting students has helped some of them move from the bottom of the class to the very top. She knows precisely how powerful the right support at the right time can be, and she brings that expertise to each counseling session.

As an author, Corie has published numerous major academic articles, two books, several shorter works of fiction, and has contributed to anthologies and textbooks. Her writing has also been featured on NPR and nominated for the National Book Award and Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. She brings her profound understanding of and belief in the power of narrative to her work in admissions consulting. She knows that there is almost nothing more powerful than a good story, well told, and she applies that understanding to the application process. Corie uses her narrative mastery to support students ready to develop and deepen their personal stories in the service of their admissions materials.

Corie’s experience in working with students, especially in supporting them as writers and legal thinkers, gained her national, and in some cases, international recognition. She has published dozens of academic papers, spoken at conferences in many places in the United States and Europe, and even taught American legal writing as an invited exchange faculty member at the Université Paris Descartes. She has also served as faculty for the prestigious pre-law program run by the Council for Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO), a program focused on helping non-traditional and first-generation law students achieve their very best as first-year law students in law schools all around the country.

As a coach, Corie combines her in-depth knowledge of the admissions process with a strong commitment to helping students reach their full potential. She understands what it takes to stand out in a highly competitive admissions environment. While serving on the admissions committee at Wolf Law, she reviewed more than 1,000 applications, evaluating personal statements, writing samples, and overall profiles before making recommendations to the deans. Corie knows how to ask thoughtful, strategic questions to help applicants uncover their strengths, and she builds a supportive, collaborative relationship that encourages students to present their most compelling and authentic selves.

Brian has extensive experience counseling students at all stages of the law school application process. During his time at Suffolk Law, Brian regularly met with students to advise them on writing their personal statements, compiling letters of recommendation, and writing optional essays. As a member of Suffolk University Law School’s admissions committee,  Brian analyzed 2,500+ applications and gained a deep understanding of what factors make applicants stand out. He has worked with students from diverse backgrounds and co-founded and co-ran the Suffolk Pre-Law Achievers Program.  This two-week pipeline program was designed to equip students from diverse and non-traditional backgrounds with the skills they need to create a successful law school application.

As a counselor, Brian’s approach centers on getting to know each student so he can help them understand how their individual experiences make them a unique law school candidate. Drawing on hundreds of student meetings, he helps applicants understand each step of the application process and how to leverage their past successes to compile a robust application. Brian’s passion for coaching comes from seeing students he met during the application process succeed in law school and go on to thrive in their legal careers.

In his free time, Brian enjoys reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and dog.

Kevin earned his BA in French and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating from Duke, he briefly worked in the legal field and later worked as a headhunter for a top legal recruitment company. He then transitioned into the field of international higher education, where he discovered his true passion for helping students achieve their educational goals. Before returning to Raleigh, Kevin lived in Hong Kong for over a decade, where he helped local and international students with applications to undergraduate, law, LLM, Master's, MBA, and other graduate programs. 

As a former admissions officer, Kevin has recruited candidates and reviewed applications from hundreds of students worldwide, providing him with unique insights into the admissions process. Students he has worked with have successfully gained admission to top law schools including Harvard, Georgetown, Duke, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, UChicago, Columbia, NYU, UVA, Boston College, and others.

As a coach, Kevin prioritizes a collaborative and personalized method. Recognizing that each student possesses unique strengths and aspirations, he dedicates time to thoroughly understanding their individual profiles. By taking time to get to know each student, he is able to guide them toward crafting an authentic application that truly reflects their personal journey and academic potential. His goal is to empower students by highlighting their distinct qualities and experiences, ensuring their application stands out in the competitive admissions landscape.

With years of admissions experience, Kevin brings a seasoned perspective to the application process. His legal education has sharpened his instincts for identifying compelling narratives that resonate with admissions committees. He excels at guiding students through the brainstorming and essay refinement process, ensuring they present their authentic selves in a way that is both genuine and strategically impactful. His empathy sets him apart as a counselor, allowing him to build meaningful connections with students and provide personalized, thoughtful guidance throughout their journey.

In his free time, Kevin enjoys traveling, cooking, reading, and spending time with his partner and two dogs.