Turn on CRS & make a law school email filter! I literally was only going to apply to like 11 schools but got a surprising amount of fee waivers from CRS and I am so so grateful I opted in. The spam is annoying but you literally can just unsubscribe from schools you are not interested in! Try not to compare yourself…
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Admitted to University of PennsylvaniaI originally listed myself as having T4 softs, but as my cycle unfolded and I reflected on my background and essays I felt that T3 was probably more accurate. All listed scholarship figures are merit aid only. Yale - solid Y250 Stanford - solid 3 Songs Optional, wrote LOCI after a few months of silence Chicago -…
LSAT Studying: I used 7sage and supplemented with the PowerScore Bibles. After my first LSAT (171), I used the Loophole which took me from -4ish LR to -1ish, also helped my RC. Most helpful of all, about a month before my first LSAT I found an online study group. We BR’d PTs together. Having to explain my reasoning…
My resume had no demonstrated interested in law school. I had no internships, no law-related research/classes, but what I did have was a cohesive narrative and personal mission that all of my extracurriculars/research spoke to. I was easily able to maneuver that mission for why I should go to law school. To…
This one goes out to all the “non-traditional” (what a yucky word) and second-career aspiring lawyers out there. First of all, let’s ditch “non-traditional.” The term is loaded with innuendos about who law students and lawyers should be and the experiences they ought to have.The legal industry is famously hidebound,…
Softs: 4+ years of work experience in progressive advocacy, 2+ of which have been at a legal org that has worked on multiple Supreme Court cases Letters of Rec: 2 from professors (one of whom was my thesis advisor) and one from my direct supervisor. ASK EARLY. I gave my professors a heads up in April, sent the…
My Goal: NYC Biglaw with exit opportunities down the road Notes: I went to a non-prestigious flagship state school I had several legal and business internships, but nothing all that impressive I was involved in essentially no clubs in college, but I did work roughly 25 hours/week I wrote “why x” statements for every…
Took LSAT three times 168 -> 174 -> 180 I only took the LSAT a third time because I had already registered for the test. By the time I got my 174, it was too late to receive a refund for the next test. Wrote Why Berkeley, Why Cornell Wrote Challenge/Adversity Statement at Penn, Columbia, Yale, Michigan Wrote library…
Think more, write less
Start this process early. If you plan to be applying in the fall, take the LSAT in the spring to leave yourself time to retake if necessary. Start working on your personal statement. Get as many eyes as possible on your essays. In undergrad, try to take multiple classes with professors if you think you can do well…
Live laugh love But for real advice: for the LSAT, when you study, go through missed answers, note what “type” of question it is, and try to understand the “why” - it helps to identify patterns and get better at the test Understand your “why” for law and build your narrative around that for your application,…
If I could do it over I would apply to more T14s, even those I have no interest in, just to have more leverage in scholarship negotiations.
If you happen to come across this page, I just hope you know you’re going to have an amazing cycle! Biggest tips: LSAT: shoot for a score, not a test date. Take the lsat when you’re ready. If that means taking an extra gap year, so be it. You’ll appreciate it in the future. Highly recommend 7Sage + powerscore bibles…
Trust your application materials—you are much more than your numbers.
Let it all work out
I have 3+ years/4 seasons of experience in the front office of an NBA team in basketball analytics. Through my PS and DS, I tried as hard as I could to boil down the question of my admission to: “Do we want the basketball (analytics) guy?” My humble guess is that doing well in this regard is probably the main reason…
I chose to apply to these schools because they mostly fit into these descriptions: moderate class sizes, reasonably robust support for tax and business law, and not in Chicago, NYC, LA, or SF (trying to avoid extremely expensive areas and major metros). I also have a spouse who will be working which restricted…
I wrote a why x/equivalent essay for Penn, UVA, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, and Vandy. I worked hard to create a cohesive narrative that pulled together some of the disparate threads of my resume and answered why law, why now, and why me. I really wanted to make sure that my materials together painted a good picture…
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