Apply earlier than I did - my apps did not go out until end of January into 2nd week of February. This is too late and disadvantages you against equally or better qualified applicants. It also limits your merit scholarship opportunities as a lot of the money available is gone by then.

Additionally make sure your essays focus around, where possible, how you will enrich the campus of your Law School and what you bring that is unique and positive.

The 2025-2026 cycle was incredibly tough and up about 20% in applications YOY - maybe the ‘Suits Effect’ from the show. 2026 and 2027 are likely to be just as tough. Again - APPLY EARLY!

ONE FINAL PRO TIP: If you go to a school with a 4.0 grading scale where you do NOT have A+ grades, and there are many, make sure you tactfully point this out to admissions committees. LSAC does nothing to normalize the scale between 4.0 grade scales compared to 4.3, thus creating a very big disadvantage for anyone attending a 4.0 scale school. Since most of you reading this likely are already attending a school that might have this disadvantage, it is IMHO not a bad idea to point this out to any admissions committees as some kind of addendum document. The reason I feel so strongly about this is that all other things equal, all that matters is your GPA in the scheme of the stats and you will appear to have a lower GPA unfairly to those on a 4.3 scale. Also when it comes to improving a schools #s they only go by what LSAC gives them, so again, it creates a large disadvantage. I have done extensive research on this issue and as far as I can see, LSAC does nothing to fix the problem that a 4.0 scale student will have being compared to a 4.3 student.