Items tagged with "Application Process"
There are 45 items tagged with "Application Process".
Application Components
To the left, you’ll find the primary categories of law school application components. Within each category, there are several articles and links to additional resources that will help you understand each application component, and ensure that you are able to put...
To the left, you’ll find the primary categories of law school application components. Within each category, there are several articles and links to additional resources that will help you understand each application component, and ensure that you are able to put...
Disciplinary and criminal records
When you apply to law school, you will discover that most applications ask you about your undergraduate disciplinary record and your criminal record. The questions are sometimes very open-ended: those about your disciplinary record might ask for information about any time you have...
When you apply to law school, you will discover that most applications ask you about your undergraduate disciplinary record and your criminal record. The questions are sometimes very open-ended: those about your disciplinary record might ask for information about any time you have...
Statements, essays, resumes and addenda
The typical law school admission process does not include a personal interview. Instead, the admissions committees make decisions largely based on the documents you submit (along with your LSAT, transcript and letters of recommendation). Those documents may include, in addition to...
The typical law school admission process does not include a personal interview. Instead, the admissions committees make decisions largely based on the documents you submit (along with your LSAT, transcript and letters of recommendation). Those documents may include, in addition to...
Overview
The law school application process should ideally begin about a year and a half before you intend to start law school. At that time, you’d want to think about when to take the LSAT and how to prepare, who you’ll...
The law school application process should ideally begin about a year and a half before you intend to start law school. At that time, you’d want to think about when to take the LSAT and how to prepare, who you’ll...
Transcripts
Every law school requires that you forward your complete official undergraduate transcript to LSAC’s Credential Assembly Service. CAS will both forward your transcript(s) to the law schools you apply to, as well as recalculate your GPA based on certain uniform...
Every law school requires that you forward your complete official undergraduate transcript to LSAC’s Credential Assembly Service. CAS will both forward your transcript(s) to the law schools you apply to, as well as recalculate your GPA based on certain uniform...
Letters of Recommendation and Evaluations
Law schools normally ask for a minimum of two letters of recommendation. The best recommendations come from instructors who know your academic work well, who can evaluate your intellectual capabilities and potential to study law, and who can give specific examples of your...
Law schools normally ask for a minimum of two letters of recommendation. The best recommendations come from instructors who know your academic work well, who can evaluate your intellectual capabilities and potential to study law, and who can give specific examples of your...
The LSAT (Law School Admission Test)
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is an admission requirement for all ABA-accredited law schools in the United States. It is given four times a year (June, September/October, December and February) and is administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). The...
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is an admission requirement for all ABA-accredited law schools in the United States. It is given four times a year (June, September/October, December and February) and is administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). The...
Welcome back! Spring 2012 awaits you
Welcome back to campus! Whether you’re an applicant in the current admission cycle, or contemplating applying in Fall 2012 for Fall 2013 admission, there’s much to be done, and the Pre-Law Advising Office is here to help. Current...
Welcome back to campus! Whether you’re an applicant in the current admission cycle, or contemplating applying in Fall 2012 for Fall 2013 admission, there’s much to be done, and the Pre-Law Advising Office is here to help. Current...
February LSAT: To take or not to take?
That is the question. The deadline to sign up is this Thursday, January 10th. So what do you need to consider in order to make a reasoned decision about whether to take the February 12th LSAT? First, if...
That is the question. The deadline to sign up is this Thursday, January 10th. So what do you need to consider in order to make a reasoned decision about whether to take the February 12th LSAT? First, if...
Current applicants: Your December to-do list
I’ve come up with a little to-do list for those of you currently in the application process. Let’s be clear: this is no time for procrastination. I’ve already heard from several applicants who have...
I’ve come up with a little to-do list for those of you currently in the application process. Let’s be clear: this is no time for procrastination. I’ve already heard from several applicants who have...