She earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where she served as an Editor of the Journal of Law and Public Affairs. During her time at Penn, she was also involved in the Penn Business Law Association and served on the Executive Board of the Federalist Society. She further completed a Certificate in Business Management through the Wharton School, where she also served as a Teaching Assistant.
Hanna graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities with a B.A. in Philosophy, placing in the top one percent of her class and maintaining Dean's List standing throughout. She was a nationally competitive member of the University's Parliamentary Debate Team, developing the analytical precision, composure under pressure, and strategic thinking that continue to inform her work.
Following law school, Hanna gained experience in complex commercial litigation and held leadership roles in private industry, including serving as Head of Operations at a data-center manufacturing company. This combination of legal training and operational experience informs her ability to assess applicants not only as students, but as future professionals.
Hanna is the founder of The Law School Admissions Preparatory, a private admissions advisory working with a limited number of law school applicants each cycle. Her work focuses on developing cohesive, strategically positioned applications for candidates seeking serious outcomes in the law school admissions process.
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About Hanna
"Strong applicants are not assembled in pieces, but presented as a cohesive whole."
Track record
Hundreds of applications, pattern-tested across cycles.
Hanna has worked closely with more than 500 applicants. Her work is grounded in pattern recognition across admissions cycles, an understanding of how candidates are evaluated in practice, and a commitment to applications that are both strategically sound and personally authentic. Students she has advised have gone on to attend institutions across all tiers. In a single cycle, her students were collectively awarded over $1.4M in merit-based scholarship funding, including multiple full-tuition scholarships.
$1.4M
500+
Every tier
Scholarships, single cycle
Applicants advised
Admits across the board
For reapplicants and applicants changing advisors
Rebuilding candidacies that started off-track.
A significant portion of Hanna's work involves applicants who arrive after prior unsuccessful cycles or ineffective advising. Many begin uncertain, discouraged, or mispositioned. Through a comprehensive and individualized approach, she helps them rebuild their candidacy with clarity, confidence, and strategic direction, often leading to materially different outcomes. She works directly with each client across written materials, positioning, decision-making, and confidence throughout the cycle.