Writing the Law School Personal Statament
The Pre-Law Advisor at Elon University, Dr. Nim Batchelor, has graciously agreed to share some of his excellent thoughts on writing a law school personal statement. Please thank him in the comments! An Approach to Writing a Personal StatementBy Dr. Nim BatchelorElon University, Fall 2010 When I advise students about how to […]
Supplemental law school admissions essays
In many of my previous articles, I’ve shared strategies for writing your main law school personal statement. Many schools also require a supplemental essay that answers the following question: Why do you want to attend this law school? On the surface, it seems like a simple question. You can probably answer it easily. But […]
Waitlisted by Law Schools? Here’s 5 Tips to Maximize Your Chances of Getting In
This is a guest post by Joel Butterly, a graduate of Dartmouth College and current student at Yale Law School. He’s also the co-founder of inGenius prep, an admission consulting firm. *** We’ve all been waitlisted at one time or another. It sucks. It might even be worse than a flat-out rejection. Now, you have […]
Law School Letter of Continued Interest | Sample
If you get waitlisted by a law school, it’s a good idea to send a Letter of Continued Interest (LOCI) in order to increase your chances of acceptance. LOCIs demonstrate to law schools that you are serious about attending their school if accepted which will help increase their yield (a factor on which they’re […]
Law School Recommendation Letter Tips
Let’s take a look at the technical aspects of the law school recommendation letter: – Make sure to provide your recommenders with the required form and make it clear that the completed form must accompany the letter of recommendation. If LSAC receives a letter without a form, it will be returned to the recommender, […]
Is the LSAT Relevant to Law School? Question Writer Answers
I interviewed Stephen Harris, former LSAT question-writer and author of Mastering Logic Games. (He’s written hundreds of the questions that appear in your books of LSAT PrepTests.) This is part 7 of the series of interviews. You can also get them all in a free book I put together. Our discussion follows. *** Do you think […]
Law School Admission Consultant | Interview
I interviewed Anna Ivey, a law school admission consultant, via email. Our discussion follows. In one blog post, you write, “Most ABA-approved law schools are not worth the investment.” This is a rather shocking statement. When I first read it, I thought you made a typo and that you’d meant to say “most non-ABA-approved schools…” […]
Law School Admission Game | Interview
When law school admission consultant Ann Levine came out with The Law School Admission Game, I interviewed Ann about her book. Our discussion follows. You have special tips for students applying to law schools that are far away from where they currently live. You suggest that they give specific reasons why they would want to move across […]
Writing the Law School Personal Statement
The Pre-Law Advisor at Elon University, Dr. Nim Batchelor, has graciously agreed to share some of his excellent thoughts on writing a law school personal statement. Please thank him in the comments! An Approach to Writing a Personal Statement By Dr. Nim Batchelor Elon University, Fall 2010 When I advise students about how to approach writing […]
Law School Personal Statement Guide
I do a lot of LSAT prep here. After all, it’s in the name: The LSAT Unplugged But as we all know, there’s more to getting into the law school of your dreams than just getting a killer score on the LSAT. Today I wanted to highlight something I’ve put together to help you conquer that […]
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