Advising Session
30 Minutes | $140
Not every admissions question requires a full consulting package. Some require one well informed conversation.
This session is for applicants who have a specific law school admissions question and want direct guidance before moving forward. Common topics include school list decisions, LSAT timing or score-history questions, addenda, character and fitness disclosures, application form questions, waitlist responses, scholarship offers, timing concerns, or next steps in the admissions process.
Applicants often use this session to talk through questions such as: Should I write an addendum? Should I retake the LSAT? Should I apply this cycle? How should I think about my school list?
Before we meet, you may share a short description of your situation so the conversation can begin with context.
You leave with a clearer understanding of the issue, the options in front of you, and a practical next step.
Advising Sessions are designed for focused discussion. Written feedback on essays, addenda, resumes, or full applications should be booked separately.
Character & Fitness Addendum
Price: $450
Character and fitness disclosures are not standard addenda. What you write, and how you write it, can carry consequences beyond the application itself. Law schools may compare character and fitness responses with later bar admission disclosures, so accuracy, consistency, tone, and judgment matter.
This service is for applicants disclosing criminal charges, disciplinary records, academic integrity violations, or other matters flagged under a law school’s character and fitness requirements. Cynthia reviews the facts you provide, helps frame the disclosure for law school admissions purposes, and works with you to develop an addendum that is clear, responsible, and appropriately framed. Her background as a former admissions reader for a top-ten law school informs how she reads documents that admissions committees examine with particular care.
Includes:
- Intake discussion
- One draft
- One round of revision and polishing
Pricing is confirmed after initial review, as complexity varies by situation. Applicants who are unsure whether their situation requires a character and fitness addendum may first book an Advising Session.
Pre-Law Planning
Price: $795
For prospective law school applicants who are thinking about law school and want a clearer plan before beginning the formal application process.
This service is designed for college students, recent graduates, career changers, and other prospective applicants who want individualized guidance on how their next steps can support a future law school application. It is best suited for applicants planning to apply within the next one to two admissions cycles.
You will meet directly with Cynthia Rivera to discuss your goals, timeline, academic record, work experience, activities, LSAT planning, recommender planning, and early positioning. After the session, you will receive a personalized roadmap outlining your key priorities, recommended next steps, and milestone goals for the months ahead.
The package also includes two 30-minute milestone check-ins, typically around 60 and 120 days after the roadmap is delivered. These check-ins are designed to review your progress, revisit priorities, and adjust next steps as your plans develop.
Includes:
- Pre-session questionnaire and background review
- One 60-minute planning session
- Personalized Pre-Law Roadmap
- Two 30-minute milestone check-ins
Best for: Prospective applicants who are not yet ready to begin application materials but want a structured plan for becoming a stronger candidate.
Questions that arise between milestone check-ins may be addressed through a separate Advising Session.
Application Review
Price: $375
A focused review of your prior law school application for applicants who did not receive the results they expected and want to understand what needs to change before reapplying.
This founder-led review draws on Cynthia’s experience as a former admissions reader for a top-ten law school, her work advising applicants through a leading law school admissions firm, and her work in the nonprofit law admissions space.
Before your consultation, Cynthia reviews your core prior application materials: your personal statement, resume, up to two supplemental essays, and any addenda submitted with your prior applications. The review focuses on what the file conveyed, whether it presented a clear throughline, where it was effective, where it may have raised concern, and what should be approached differently in the next cycle.
You will then meet for a 60-minute consultation to discuss the review, ask questions, and work through the key issues together. The goal is not simply to identify what may have gone wrong, but to help you leave with a clearer sense of your reapplication priorities and next steps. Written feedback, line editing, rewriting, paragraph-by-paragraph review, new draft review, and development of new application materials are not included.
Best for: Applicants who have completed at least one application cycle and are planning to reapply.
Includes:
- Review of the core materials listed.
- 60-minute strategic live discussion.
One-Time Essay Edit
Price: $450
Elevate your personal or diversity statement with a detailed, professional review and edit to maximize its impact.
What’s Included:
- Initial Review: Comprehensive feedback on content, structure, tone, and storytelling effectiveness.
- One Round of Editing: Refines your narrative for clarity, coherence, and polish, including grammar and style edits.
Scholarship Reconsideration Request
Price: $500
For admitted applicants who have received a scholarship offer and want to make a clear, credible case for reconsideration before committing.
Scholarship reconsideration is not simply asking for more money. It requires a specific, professional argument grounded in your current offer, competing offers, admissions profile, and genuine interest in the program. The framing, tone, timing, and specificity of the request all matter.
Cynthia reviews your current offer and competing offers, provides guidance on approach and framing in a focused strategy session, and reviews your draft before submission. You draft the request with Cynthia’s strategic guidance. She then refines and edits the draft before you send it.
Includes:
- One 30-minute live strategy session and review with written feedback on one draft.
- This service covers one school’s scholarship offer.
- Each additional school is a separate engagement.
If you want to discuss whether scholarship reconsideration makes sense before booking, you may book an Advising Session first.
Waitlisted – Letter of Continued Interest
Price: $350
For applicants who have been waitlisted and want to submit a strong, strategically positioned letter before the waitlist closes.
A letter of continued interest is not a second personal statement, and it is not simply an expression of enthusiasm. The strongest letters provide meaningful updates, demonstrate continued engagement, and give the admissions committee a renewed reason to act in your favor.
Cynthia works with you to develop a focused, credible letter that reflects your continued interest, highlights relevant updates, and avoids the generic language that often weakens waitlist correspondence.
This service is best suited for applicants who remain seriously interested in a school and want to strengthen their position on the waitlist.
Includes: Written intake, one school-specific letter, and one revision round. Additional letters or revisions may be booked separately.
Law School Interview Prep
Price: $425
Duration: 90 Minutes (per session)
A law school interview invitation is a strong sign of interest, but it does not mean the decision has already been made. For many applicants, the interview is a brief, high-stakes opportunity to confirm judgment, maturity, motivation, and fit.
This service is designed for applicants who have received an interview invitation or interview-style assessment request and want targeted preparation for the format they are facing. The session may address live interviews, group interview dynamics, recorded assessments, school-specific questions, delivery, tone, and how to clearly and effectively discuss your background, goals, and interest in the school.
Cynthia has prepared applicants for interviews and interview-style assessments at schools including Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, WashU, Baylor, the University of Chicago, and Cornell. She brings that experience to a focused session designed to help applicants use a short admissions interview well.
Best for: Applicants who have received an interview invitation or interview-style assessment request and want focused preparation before the interview.
Includes:
- Mock Interviews: Tailored to your target schools, simulating real admissions interview scenarios.
- Feedback on Delivery: Comprehensive review of your answers, body language, and communication style.
- Content Coaching: Guidance on refining your responses to align with the values and priorities of law schools.
- Follow-Up Coaching: Additional session(s) to refine and polish your responses based on earlier feedback.
Essay Focus Session
45 minutes | $230
An essay can be well written and still not work. The issue is often deeper than style: the wrong story, an angle that does not land, or a point the application already makes elsewhere.
This session is for applicants with an idea, outline, or draft for a personal statement, diversity statement, optional essay, or school-specific essay who want a direct assessment of the approach: Is this the right story? Is the angle working? What is this piece adding to the application?
Before we meet, you share the draft or outline, up to 1,200 words, along with a short description of your application context so the conversation can be focused from the start.
You leave with a clearer sense of what is working, what to reconsider, and how to move the piece forward.