Jennie Hayes is applying to law school and her professor, Aubrey Jewett, strongly recommends her admission. Jennie excelled academically in two of Jewett's courses, achieving high grades and test scores. She also demonstrated leadership through her involvement in campus organizations and political campaigns. Currently, Jennie is completing an honors thesis and has interned with a congressman, receiving excellent evaluations. Jewett believes Jennie is well-positioned to succeed in law school based on her top 3% ranking among thousands of students in academics, involvement, leadership abilities, and confidence.

1. October 26, 2009
Law School Admission Council
662 Penn Street
Newtown PA 18940-8508
To the Law School Admission Council:
I write in strongest support of Jennie Hayes’ application for admission to law school. Jennie, a double
major in Political Science and Interpersonal / Organizational, has taken two courses from me, sought
advisement from me and completed an internship under my supervision. I also currently sit on Jennie’s
Honors in the Major Thesis Committee. She is well positioned to succeed in a challenging law school. In
terms of academics, involvement, decisiveness, integrity, leadership and self confidence I rank Jennie in
the top three percent of the more than 2500 undergraduate students I have taught and 1200 interns I have
supervised since 1995.
Jennie was an excellent student in my course on Congress and the Legislative Process. Jennie’s test
average on three demanding exams was 97%. Jennie excelled at all parts of the test including the short
essay section which requires students to recall detailed information from about twenty different readings
on each test. Jennie’s written work displayed clarity, style, and keen analysis. She wrote an interesting
critique on how the rules and procedures of the House affect legislative output and how members can use
different strategies to move different types of legislation. She wrote a second strong paper looking at the
dual nature of congress when it comes to budgeting and writing domestic policy – she examined how
members pursue both their institutional Washington DC policy goals and their need to represent
constituents back home and get reelected. Jennie was one of only three students in the class to receive a
100% on both papers. She was a frequent contributor to class discussions and always made interesting
points and provided solid interaction with the other students. Jennie was one of my “star” participators
(she contributed literally every time I had discussion which was every other class period) and was tied
with a handful of students for the highest participation grade in the class. Jennie’s current event
presentation covered the retirement announcement by VA Senator John Warner and the possibility that
the Democrats might pick up that seat in the 2008 election. Her presentation was well done and generated
much class discussion concerning the chances of the Democrats holding on to control of the Senate.
Jennie had perfect attendance – no easy feat since the class met at 7:30 am twice a week! Jennie received
a high “A” for the course (she had the 2nd highest overall grade in the class) and definitely stood out in a
competitive class of 75 undergraduate students.
Jennie’s in my honors course on Florida Politics. Jennie’s test average on three exams was
strong (94%) and she did well on all parts of the test including the short essay section which
requires students to recall detailed information about Florida’s ten different media markets. She
did a very comprehensive job on her two political media market analyses (92.5% average): one
looked at North-central Florida and the other at Southwest Florida. These papers summarized the
economic, demographic and cultural aspects of the market, updated election statistics for the past
four years, brought in important current issues and projected the future political influence of the
region in Florida politics. Jennie’s two internet-based papers (one on Florida interest groups and
the other on Florida’s environment) were first rate (100% average) and clearly showed her
ability to bring in specific material beyond what we covered in the text and in class lecture.

2. Jennie’s two current event presentations covered Florida’s need for more state judges to keep up
with increased caseloads and the declining state budge. Her two “top five” presentations (listing
five interesting things she learned from reading the reference work The Florida Handbook)
covered Florida’s history and it executive branch. All of Jennie’s presentations were well done
and generated much class discussion. She had near-perfect attendance through the whole
semester as well. Jennie had excellent participation based on attendance, actual substantive
contributions to class discussion and a formal oral presentation. Jennie received an “A” for the
course and again stood out in a class of competitive honors students.
Currently I am a member of Jennie’s Honor’s in the Major Thesis Committee. Her topic looks at
interpersonal communication between five presidents and their first ladies. It has the makings of
a tremendous thesis and I fully expect it will be defended successfully in spring 2010.
I also had the pleasure of supervising Jennie’s academic internship with US Congressman John Mica.
This is a very high profile internship, and I was comfortable placing Jennie here since she is polite,
punctual, personable and professional. In this internship, Jennie learned first-hand about the day to day
operations of a US congressional district office. Primarily she helped with constituent correspondence:
taking their phone calls, receiving their emails and letters, working to resolve their issues and
communicating back with them. Jennie’s journal demonstrated the completion of her learning objectives
and her research paper was quite strong. Jennie received a stellar evaluation from her onsite supervisor
and earned a high “A” for her experience.
Through out Jennie’s educational career she has been involved in a number of extracurricular activities
and work responsibilities which makes her strong GPA even more impressive. She has worked at Walt
Disney World as a Character Performer since 2006 and has interned with WESH 2 News as an Associate
Producer. Jennie has been extremely involved at UCF serving as Internal Affairs Coordinator for the
SGA Executive Branch and Assistant Supervisor of Elections for SGA, Vice President of Public
Relations for “Quotes” – the Advertising Public Relations Club, and as a member of College
Republicans. Within the community Jennie has served as a Defense Attorney for the Deland Teen Court
Program, helped with both the Charlie Crist for Governor Campaign and the Scott Plakon for State
House Campaign, and volunteers at Florida Hospital Altamonte. Jennie was also selected to be a member
of the President’s Leadership Council at UCF – the most prestigious and selective group on campus since
it works for the president’s office. Because of this involvement, Jennie was selected to be part of College
Leadership Florida.
In short, Jennie’s maturity, intellect, personality, and drive will make her a valuable addition to any law
school.
Sincerely,
Aubrey Jewett
Associate Professor
Associate Chair