1 In 3 Law Schools Eye Applicants' Facebook Profiles

Kaplan Test Prep reported that 37 percent of admissions officers at the top law schools across the United States have examined the Facebook pages or other social media pages of applicants.

First, the folks at Kaplan Test Prep warned law school students of illegal content on their Facebook pages.

Then, Kaplan turned its attention to applicants to graduate schools, warning them that 65 percent of admissions officers who responded felt that using social networks, including Facebook, to reach out to those institutions would be inappropriate.

Next up on Kaplan’s list: Undergraduate admissions officers, with the educational services provider reporting that 24 percent of them had probed applicants’ social media accounts.

Now, Kaplan is back to law school, reporting that 37 percent of admissions officers at the top law schools across the United States have examined the Facebook pages or other social media pages of applicants.

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