Amir Wright

Prior to law school, Amir was elected as an Associated Students of the University of California Senator, served as a Student Chair of advisory committees to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and to the Associate Vice Chancellor of Financial Aid and Scholarships, and sat on advisory committees to the Chancellor and to the Mayor of Berkeley. He traveled to Sacramento as a student delegate, lobbying the state legislature to fund the ten University of California campuses, and was appointed to the City of Berkeley's Housing Advisory Commission, where he worked on funding strategies for housing low-income and homeless students. He also served as Chapter President of the Collegiate 100, an organization that extends the mission of the 100 Black Men of America to support the development of Black college students. Upon graduating from UC Berkeley, Amir received the Kenneth Priestley Award, given annually to a single graduating senior for outstanding leadership and contribution to student welfare. 

At Stanford Law, Amir selected the topic, authors, and panelists for the Stanford Law Review's Volume 75 Symposium, Access to Justice. He served as External Vice President of the Black Law Students Association, was a Voter Protection Partner with the Young Black Lawyers' Organizing Coalition, and represented low-income clients in housing, social security disability, and criminal record expungement matters as a member of Stanford's Community Law Clinic. He authored congressional redistricting plans for Arizona and New Jersey through the Stanford Redistricting Project, a Law and Policy Lab initiative that produces nonpartisan, legally defensible maps for all 435 U.S. House districts. 

After graduating, Amir clerked for a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, then joined the Harris presidential campaign on the national voter protection team at campaign headquarters, where he worked through the 2024 election. He now practices at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Washington, D.C., where his work involves investigations, SEC enforcement matters, and regulatory compliance counseling. His broader career interests center on housing accessibility, voting and civil rights, and federal policy.

Amir's own legal education was funded in part by competitive scholarships—a two-time Charles Houston Bar Association Scholarship recipient, an Arnold & Porter Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship recipient, and more than a dozen others, all decided on written applications. Having been on both sides of a selection process, he has a practical sense of what committees are actually reading for and brings that perspective to his coaching, helping applicants present their experiences, clarify their goals, and craft written materials that hold up under scrutiny.

Amir has spent nearly a decade mentoring students and applicants. As an undergraduate, he met weekly with a student at a Berkeley middle school for three years. During law school, he co-led a mentoring circle of pre-law students through Bridge Builders Esquire, a national program for aspiring Black lawyers that pairs law students and attorneys with applicants navigating the admissions process, and was awarded its Mentorship Excellence Medal for that work. He has since mentored students through Stanford’s Ernest Houston Johnson Scholars Program and Oakland's Greenlining Institute.

Amir’s passion for coaching stems from his own experience working with mentors. At every stage of his admission process, there was someone a few steps ahead who turned around to help, and now he’s determined to pay that forward. He is also a strong believer in taking breaks to keep the process as stress-free as possible, whether that’s going for a walk, putting a draft down for a few days, or simply reminding applicants that the world is not going to implode over any single decision they make this cycle. The applicants who fare best, in his view, are usually the ones who are still thinking clearly months in, and protecting that clarity is most of the battle.

Outside of coaching, Amir can be found on a bike, playing golf, scuba diving, planning his next trip, tinkering with his PC, or pursuing his private pilot's license. He is also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.