So, Letters of Recommendation
Honestly I've never been close with any of my professors. For some reason I have a strange fear of teachers. I blame it on my seventh grade English teacher who made it her goal to make me feel embarrassed in front of the class three times a day.
So I'll be referencing the University of Louisiana because most of the information on this post is from their site. If you want to get a great letter of recommendation, I suggest you find the nicest professor you have and suck up to him/her. And make sure you're getting an A in their class. The U of L suggests you do not get more than three letters. Most likely because they won't read it.
Personal Statement
Just like when you applied for college, you need to write a personal statement telling admissions why you stand out from everyone else. Honestly I had the hardest time with this. I also felt that it was a bit unfair. So because I haven't been through tragic events I can't get in? Anyways, U of L stated that you can also emphasize why you want to go to law school and be a lawyer. I think if you just write with some passion, you'll stand out pretty well.
Number of Schools to Apply to
U of L suggests that one school should be your dream school, three schools you would be satisfied with, and one school to fall back on.
Honestly, I think I'll be applying to two or three. Application fees need to be considered too!
Additional information will be added later, thanks for reading!
Credits: louisiana.edu
Showing posts with label Steps for applying to law school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steps for applying to law school. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Deciding to go to Law School
First ask yourself: Do you REALLY want to go to law school?
Let's be honest, going to law school, those three years of your life is going to be complete hell. As stated by Bill Swinford, a pre-law advisor of the University of Richmond, "You should NOT go to law school simply by default, because law school is far too difficult, far too expensive, far too time consuming, and far too emotionally draining to do simply because you can't decide on anything better to do. There are few experiences in life more miserable than going to law school or being an attorney if your heart is not in it."
Still want to pursue law? Good, I was hoping you guys wouldn't exit out of this blog after reading that.
One of the most important thing in getting in to law school, is your GRADE. According to the University of Louisiana, the main contributing factors of your admission will depend on just numbers: your GPA and your LSAT score. They don't care if you worked at a law office, they don't care if you were captain of the water polo team in your college. Depending on the law school you want to go to, there is no particular GPA or LSAT score that will guarantee admission.
So in short: focus your time in your grades than your social life :]
Major does not really matter when getting into law school. According to the University of Louisiana, there is no major that will give you an advantage or disadvantage. Have you seen Legally Blonde? As long as your GPA is high, you're fine. So might as well pick a major you actually like.
However, your choice of major might help you with your LSAT and maybe also during your schooling in law school. Here's the three skills given by the p U of L with the majors that will help
I used to be an Economics major....but it was way too hard. I found that I am fairly good at writing essays so I switched to an English major with an emphasis in professional writing.
There's also letters of recommendation, personal statement, the number of schools you should apply, etc. And I will talk more about those in the next post while you take in the information I've given here.
Until next time~!
Credits: louisiana.edu
Let's be honest, going to law school, those three years of your life is going to be complete hell. As stated by Bill Swinford, a pre-law advisor of the University of Richmond, "You should NOT go to law school simply by default, because law school is far too difficult, far too expensive, far too time consuming, and far too emotionally draining to do simply because you can't decide on anything better to do. There are few experiences in life more miserable than going to law school or being an attorney if your heart is not in it."
Still want to pursue law? Good, I was hoping you guys wouldn't exit out of this blog after reading that.
One of the most important thing in getting in to law school, is your GRADE. According to the University of Louisiana, the main contributing factors of your admission will depend on just numbers: your GPA and your LSAT score. They don't care if you worked at a law office, they don't care if you were captain of the water polo team in your college. Depending on the law school you want to go to, there is no particular GPA or LSAT score that will guarantee admission.
So in short: focus your time in your grades than your social life :]
Major does not really matter when getting into law school. According to the University of Louisiana, there is no major that will give you an advantage or disadvantage. Have you seen Legally Blonde? As long as your GPA is high, you're fine. So might as well pick a major you actually like.
However, your choice of major might help you with your LSAT and maybe also during your schooling in law school. Here's the three skills given by the p U of L with the majors that will help
A. Analytic reasoning and problem-solving skills—e.g. logic, philosophy, math, civil liberties, business law, computer programming, etc.
B. Communication skills—English, rhetoric, and other courses with strong critical writing, speaking and listening components, as well as courses that develop general research and task management skills.
C. Substantive knowledge of the law’s basis —political science, public policy, history, economics, sociology, anthropology, criminal justice, philosophy, business, etc.
I used to be an Economics major....but it was way too hard. I found that I am fairly good at writing essays so I switched to an English major with an emphasis in professional writing.
There's also letters of recommendation, personal statement, the number of schools you should apply, etc. And I will talk more about those in the next post while you take in the information I've given here.
Until next time~!
Credits: louisiana.edu
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