The below excerpt on disclosures required for your law school application is from A Guide to Optional Essays and Addenda.
Showing posts with label admissions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label admissions. Show all posts
Law School Admission Game: Play Like An Expert | Interview
I interviewed law school admission consultant Ann Levine earlier this week. In case you missed it, she just released a new edition of The Law School Admission Game.
The second part of our interview is below.
How much time should one spend revising a personal statement, and how can one tell when it's *finished*?
The second part of our interview is below.
How much time should one spend revising a personal statement, and how can one tell when it's *finished*?
Law School App Optional Statements
The below excerpt on making the most of optional essays and addenda on your law school application is from A Guide to Optional Essays and Addenda.
Ineffective Law School Recommendation Letter
The below excerpt about ineffective law school recommendation letters is from A Guide to Law School Recommendations.
Law School Evaluations vs. Recommendation Letters
The below excerpt about law school evaluations vs. recommendations is from A Guide to Law School Recommendations.
Educating Law School Recommenders
The below excerpt about educating your law school recommenders is from A Guide to Law School Recommendations.
Justice Department Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit Against LSAC
Here's a press release from the Justice Department.
(Read more information about the LSAC accommodations process.)
Easier Law School Admission: LSAT / GPA Medians Falling
Back in April, I wrote a great deal about the declining number of law school applicants and what that means for law school admissions (easier admission, perhaps?)
Yesterday, a few news articles yesterday covered the issue in more depth, providing a valuable update re: what may happen for anyone applying to law school this fall.
Yale Law School Admission Tips
LSAT Blog reader Samson scored a 174 on the LSAT and was accepted to Yale Law School.
After writing an LSAT Diary for the blog and telling us about his study schedule, he provided some tips on applying to Yale.
Making the Law School Personal Statement Personal
This post on the personal statement is by the author of A Comprehensive Guide to the Law School Personal Statement, Margaret Klein, PhD, a personal statement editor.
Public Law School Residency Tuition Info
Want to know whether you can establish in-state residency to save money on public law school tuition?
I was recently forwarded the following description of a list containing such information (in Google Docs spreadsheet form).
Law School Recommendation Letter Difficulties
The below excerpt about the difficulties involved in choosing law school recommenders is from A Guide to Law School Recommendations.
Law School Admission Trends: GPA / LSAT
The number of law school applicants has been declining, a trend that I've covered at length. I've hypothesized that it might lead law schools to lower their admission standards, leading to easier admission to top schools.
But what's actually happening this cycle?
Law School Recommendation Letter Advice
The below excerpt about choosing recommenders for your law school recommendation letters is from A Guide to Law School Recommendations.
GPA, LSAT Data Shared Between LSAC, American Bar Association
In the past, law schools haven't always been accurate in reporting the GPAs and LSATs of their entering (1L) classes. Essentially, they've sometimes lied about their numbers in order to game the U.S. News rankings.
In an attempt to verify the accuracy of these statistics, the Law School Admission Council is now partnering with the American Bar Association.
Below is a press release straight from the American Bar Association with all the details:
In an attempt to verify the accuracy of these statistics, the Law School Admission Council is now partnering with the American Bar Association.
Below is a press release straight from the American Bar Association with all the details:
Premium Law School Application Guide
LSAT Blog's Premium Law School Application Guide is now available for instant PDF download.
I've already written several articles containing advice on completing your law school applications.
However, they're just that - articles. How do you use all of them to complete the best application possible?
There are several components to the law school application. They include the:
Law School Personal Statement Goals
This post on navigating the personal statement is by the author of A Comprehensive Guide to the Law School Personal Statement, Margaret Klein, PhD, a personal statement editor.
Law School Applicant / Application Numbers Update
If you've been following LSAT Blog over the past few months, you know that the number of law school applicants and applications has dropped precipitously this cycle compared to previous ones.
I've created graphs and provided analysis on what these changes may mean for those who applied this cycle (and, perhaps, future cycles as well).
In a further update, LSAC has just put together a few nifty graphs showing the number of law school applicants / applications for this cycle as compared to the previous two admission cycles.
What's cool about these is that these graphs is that they show the number of applicants and applications as they're counted over the course of each cycle. You'll see what I mean below:
I've created graphs and provided analysis on what these changes may mean for those who applied this cycle (and, perhaps, future cycles as well).
In a further update, LSAC has just put together a few nifty graphs showing the number of law school applicants / applications for this cycle as compared to the previous two admission cycles.
What's cool about these is that these graphs is that they show the number of applicants and applications as they're counted over the course of each cycle. You'll see what I mean below: