I appealed to NYLS when I found out they had a Conditional Admissions Program. I asked them to consider me for that. I sent them a letter stating my argument and some recently published articles I wrote.
I am fairly certain that it will do me absolutely no good, but since they already rejected me, I figure I have nothing to lose. But I am definitely not expecting any kind of response from them.
I actually did this with a grad school program for writing that I applied to. They rejected me, saying that I did not have a strong enough core in English (my BA is in Music) and I wrote them a similar letter asking them to reconsider. Well, the head of the program called me, I met with him, and he admitted me into the program. I can't believe it worked! Needless to say, I am holding out for LS.