You must submit letters of recommendation, though the number required by each school may vary somewhat. Typically, a school will require at least two letters of recommendation, perhaps three. Many also allow for an additional letter or two if you wish to submit more.
LSAC’s website says that their letter of recommendation service is optional, but the fact that LSAC doesn’t require its use has little practical effect: the overwhelming majority of law schools require use of the service for delivery of your letters of recommendation.
That’s to your advantage, anyway. The ability to have letters submitted directly to LSAC and then to direct specific letters to specific schools as appropriate (accounting for any targeted letters and for differences in the number of letters a school requires and/or accepts) will save time and effort for you and your recommenders.
Once a recommender has agreed to write a letter for you, you’ll enter that information into your LSAC account along with a brief description for each letter—you’ll use these descriptions later to ensure that you’re directing the appropriate letters to each school. The letters will be included in the law school report along with your LSAT score, writing sample, undergraduate transcripts and any other information assembled by CAS.
For each recommender, you will:
-List the anticipated letter in your online account;
-Print the required LOR forms for forwarding to your recommenders (note—currently, there is apparently some problem with printing forms from Google Chrome and LSAC is not accepting forms printed through that browser, so be sure to use a different browser to ensure that you print with proper formatting);
-Complete the basic information in the form so your recommenders don’t have to;
-Execute the waiver;
-Send the form along to each recommender with your recommender packet;
-Track your letters in your online account to ensure that all have been received.
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