Brent Salter, a Law School Admissions Consultant at Juris Education

Brent completed a Bachelor of Arts and Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Laws with first-class honors from Macquarie Law School in Australia. He earned his Master of Laws (LLM) and Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) from Yale Law School, where he later taught and held fellowships. Brent served on Stanford Law’s admissions committee as a fellow for the Stanford Center for Law and History, evaluating more than 300 applications. He has more than 10 years of experience mentoring applicants who have been accepted to top law schools, including Stanford Law, Yale Law, and Harvard Law.

Graduating first in his class in law with a University Medal, Brent went on to teach and research in Australian law schools. He was also a researcher and law clerk for Australia’s final appellate court, the High Court of Australia (equivalent to the US Supreme Court).

Prior to attending Yale, Brent held academic fellowships at Harvard, Cambridge, and the Yale School of Drama and received several prestigious awards, including the Hauser Scholarship to NYU Law, a Cambridge International Scholarship, and the Beinecke Fellowship at Yale. He has also served as a lecturer at Yale Law School and a fellow for the Stanford Center for Law and History.

As a law school admissions consultant, legal scholar, lawyer, historian, and first-generation graduate, Brent cares deeply about access to the law and legal training. He is committed to inclusivity and helping prospective law school applicants from diverse backgrounds realize their goal of attending law school. Brent has mentored numerous candidates through the law school application process and possesses an intimate knowledge of law school culture.

Brent believes the relationship between a law school admissions counselor and applicant is built on reliability, transparency, availability, collaboration, and kindness (and a healthy dash of good humor along the way). Brent is thrilled at the prospect of getting to know you, learning about your law school dreams, and helping make your dreams come true!

A fun fact about Brent is that he worked in arts management before law school—particularly in the performing arts. He was exposed to the creative, technological, and business processes of the theater and music industry and broader concerns confronting these industries, including the desperate shortage of funding and the limited opportunities to produce new Australian artworks and works of underrepresented groups. These first-hand experiences were formative in defining his interest in the law and social justice issues.