Recent law school graduates across the country are cramming their brains full of legal intricacies in anticipation of the dreaded bar exam. As a law school applicant, you won't need to worry about the bar exam yet. Almost every state requires aspiring lawyers to complete law school before taking the bar exam, with a few …
Before putting time and money into a law degree, it helps to know what you are getting into. Taking law-related classes, volunteering with legal organizations on campus or in a community, attending information sessions with prelaw advisers and law school admissions officers, and asking lawyers within your extended network about their careers can help you …
While most law students are in their early- to mid-20s, others run the gamut from recent college graduates to older students looking to change careers or reenter the workforce. Older applicants face unique considerations because of their age and life circumstances. At the opposite end of the spectrum, applicants still in college have to weigh …
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American law schools, typically traditionalist and resistant to change, have adapted with rare urgency to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. In the spring of 2020, most law schools – like other educational institutions – moved classes online, canceled campus activities and events, and restricted libraries and other facilities. Many allowed their students to take classes on …
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In 2017, a year after the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law tested the waters, a few law schools began an experiment to start accepting the Graduate Record Examinations as an alternative to the Law School Admission Test. Since the GRE is more frequently administered and more widely used than the LSAT, …
Law schools around the United States offer the option of deferment to applicants who have been accepted to the school but, for some reason, cannot join right away. Since there is a significant gap between the day you receive your acceptance letter and the first day of classes, your personal circumstances might change. Depending on …
Because the law school admissions process is rolling, those who apply early in the fall have the highest odds of acceptance. Some applicants seek a further edge by applying either early decision or early action. Early decision and early action applicants submit their complete applications months before the general application deadline. In turn, their applications …
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Law schools love applicants with backgrounds in science and technology who bring useful skills and perspectives to the classroom and the courtroom. Most law school applicants, however, have backgrounds in the humanities or social science. Many of them feel confident with literary analysis or political debate but nervous when asked to work with scientific terms …
The fast pace of the LSAT makes the test fiendishly difficult. In fact, the LSAT is designed so that the average person cannot finish on time. Because time is scarce on the test, it is important to budget your time wisely. Think about how you manage your time at school or at work. When you …
When you apply to law school, admissions officers receive transcripts from every institution of higher learning that you have attended, compiled through the Law School Admission Council’s Credential Assembly Service. They will look at the grades on these transcripts. In addition to your overall grade point average, they will note any inconsistencies or trends of …
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If you are accepted to a law school, you may request to defer admission by a year or two, meaning that you delay your enrollment until then. If your request is approved, you will be required to put down a seat deposit and sign a binding commitment to withdraw from all outstanding waitlists and pending …
Anyone considering studying for the LSAT should start the same way: with a practice test. However familiar you are with the instructions and questions, an initial practice test will show you what you are up against. The score you receive on this first practice test means little. It does not indicate the floor or ceiling …
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Whether shopping for new shoes or a car, most people prefer to try something out before making a purchase. Considering the cost of law school tuition, it is unwise to choose a law school blindly. In the past, law school applicants typically visited law schools – either before applying or after receiving a decision – …
Lawyers are as ubiquitous in America as yellow school buses and large coffees to go. From small offices near rural courthouses to skyscrapers in major cities, lawyers practice everywhere. Law schools, however, are less evenly distributed. Most states have three or fewer. While law graduates are not bound to stay in state, it can be …
Q: I’m in my first year at an unranked law school, but I'm hoping to transfer into a top law school. My first semester GPA is less than perfect at 3.0, which I think I can bump up to 3.2 or 3.3 by year's end. I am an older student with considerable work experience in …
Life is full of logical arguments. Logical arguments are simple chains of statements people make to explain something they believe or notice about themselves, other people or the world at large. For example: "I love to hike, except when it rains, so I had a great hike last weekend." "Practice makes perfect. If my sister …
ASPIRING LAWYERS WITH Native American and Indigenous heritage may have understandable concerns about how welcome they would feel in law school. But even if law schools still have a long way to go toward supporting and empowering such students, there has never been a better time for Native American and Indigenous students to apply. Many …
Every law school requires a personal statement, typically limited to two or three double-spaced pages. Nearly all law schools also allow for an optional diversity statement of one or two pages, double-spaced. Prompts for diversity statements vary among law schools, but typically concern an applicant’s identity and background, past hardships or potential to contribute to …
Many law school applicants preparing for the LSAT panic when they first encounter logic games on the analytical reasoning section. While the reading comprehension and logical reasoning sections test skills like critical thinking and textual analysis that are fundamental to both higher education and legal practice, logic games seem confounding – like half-finished brain teasers. …
A fundamental question that law school applicants should answer in their applications is why they are applying to law school. Some law schools go even further and offer applicants the chance to explain why they want to attend their school specifically. Schools may do this through their personal statement prompt, an interview question or even …
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