Law School Admissions | Book Recommendations

Here are some books on law school admissions worth checking out.

A Comprehensive Guide to the Law School Personal Statement

This concise 30-page guide to the personal statement gives tips on conceptualizing, planning, writing, and editing the law school personal statement.



A Guide to Optional Essays and Addenda and A Guide to Law School Recommendations

Quick-reference guides on these crucial aspects of the law school application process.




Law School: Getting In, Getting Good, Getting the Gold

This excellent 374-page law school guide contains the thoughts of a lawyer/author on getting into law school and succeeding once you get there.




The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions

See my interview with Anna Ivey for more information.





The Law School Admission Game

See my interview with Ann Levine for more information.






How To Get Into The Top Law Schools

Comprehensive book that will help you with every aspect of the law school admissions process. It's full of useful tips about how to stand apart from the crowd and get yourself noticed. It includes several quotes from admissions officers at top schools, and it even has a chapter about how to decide if law school is right for you. It's 608 pages long!

Note: that this book is mainly written for students applying to the top schools, so some applicants may not find every chapter useful.



55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get Into the Law School of Your Choice

Editors at the Harvard Crimson analyze accepted students' personal statements to show you why each student was accepted.