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Tags: Atlas.com, Knewton.com, LSAT Prep
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This is your opportunity to ask questions that you’d like answered by the CEOs of LSAT test prep companies Knewton.com and AtlasLSAT. What do you want to know about LSAT Prep? The difference between prep options? The training of instructors? Whether they use real LSAT questions, and why or why not? This is your chance to ask!
Simply leave your questions as comments to this post and I’ll compile them in the next couple of days. I will ask as many of these questions as possible during next week’s Law School Expert Blog Talk Radio Show.
Categories: LSAT, Personal Statement Tips, Webinar
Tags: personal statements, retaking the LSAT, September LSAT
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You’re exhausted after today’s LSAT. I hope you’re taking the rest of the weekend to enjoy yourself. When you’re done doing that, you might be thinking about whether to cancel your LSAT score. (Click the link for information about how to decide whether to cancel). If you are keeping your LSAT score, then it’s time to get your personal statement, resume, letters of rec and any addenda in order.
If you decide to retake the LSAT in December using a different preparation method, my upcoming Blog Talk Radio show about How to Choose an LSAT Prep Course should be on your “listen” list.
For personal statement help, you may want to consult the chapter in “The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert” offering concrete tips, strategies, and “do’s and “don’ts” for the personal statement. (It’s now available on Kindle too!). The resume chapter also offers very direct instructions for how to present your experiences in a way that law schools will appreciate. The book also discusses good letters of rec and bad letters of rec – how to ask for a letter and how to know whether to use a letter of rec. This is the time when these chapters will be helpful to you.
Also, readers of the LawSchoolExpert blog are invited to register (FREE!) to MSU Law School’s upcoming webinar. I will be presenting: “Crafting Your Best Personal Statement and Other Winning Tips for Law School Admission” on Tuesday, October 13th at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST. RSVP here.
Good luck to everyone who is taking the LSAT this morning! I look forward to hearing from you.
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I was recently introduced to a new site that is aiming to compile information about all of the ABA law schools in one place. This should make comparing schools and browsing schools a lot easier – no more going to individual school’s websites to obtain basic information.
LawSchool.org not only has profiles on every law school across the country, but it also features a plethora of legal-related information. Each law school has its own profile that includes all the relevant information that a potential law student would be interested in. Statistics include location and tuition, enrollment information and notable alumni.
In addition, I want you to know that UCLA’s Law Fellows Program is accepting applications.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2009
2009-2010 Application
The Law Fellows Program provides early academic development to high-potential undergraduate students and college graduates. To be eligible to participate, applicants must have at least a 3.3 cumulative undergraduate GPA from a four-year institution. The program focuses on participants’ academic development, with the objective of increasing their academic competitiveness for admission to law school. Our initiative is committed to ensuring equity, access, and excellence in legal education both in California and nationally. A strong preference is granted to applicants whose experiences reflect limited familial exposure to post-collegiate education, career opportunities, mentoring, and social support systems. Additional consideration is also given to applicants who have overcome economic and/or educational hardships and challenges, or come from, or have demonstrated leadership experience in, economically or educationally underserved communities.
Law Fellows attend a series of Saturday Academies held at UCLA School of Law in the winter and spring, where they are provided with mentoring, academic enrichment, and career development activities designed to de-mystify law school and the legal profession, and to present these objectives as viable options. The program prepares participants to successfully enter and succeed in top law programs and legal careers by affording Fellows access to a variety of events, programs and services, including:
• Professional-Level Instruction by Law School Faculty
• Personalized Juris Doctorate (Law School) Action Plan
• Mentoring by Current UCLA Law Students
• Full Scholarship for one LSAT Preparation Course
• Presentations by Practicing Attorneys and Leaders in the Law Community
• Admissions, Financial Aid, LSAT, and Public Interest Law Workshops
• Legal Research Primer by Law Library Staff
• Follow-Up Activities and Counseling until Law School Matriculation
For more information, contact the Academic Outreach Resource Center at UCLA School of Law: Phone: (310) 794-4157; Fax: (310) 794-8840; or Outreach@law.ucla.edu
Categories: LSAT, Law School Admission Deadlines, Uncategorized
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A reader of my book sent me this great question today:
Ms. Levine,
I am currently reading your book The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert in preparation for my upcoming application process. In Chapter 3, you discuss the best time to apply to law schools. While I understand the importance of applying early, say October, I have a “special situation.” Because I did not feel fully prepared for the September LSAT, I’m taking it in December (December 5th). Should I send in my applications prior to this date or wait until I receive my score? The applications would be sent in by the end of December regardless.
Any suggestions you offer will be much appreciated! Your book and blog have proved very helpful already.
Best,
C
My response to C is as follows:
This depends on whether you know you’re applying to certain schools no matter what – for example, if there’s only 1 law school near you and you’re unable to move to a new location for law school or whether you are building a schools list with more flexibility than that. For most people, I advise that you wait for the score to choose where to apply because it’s difficult to know where you might be competitive.
You can still create your personal statement, resume, and make sure your letters of rec are underway. Just hold off on submitting applications until you have your score at the end of December.
I hope that helps.
Ann
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Tags: law school admission books on kindle
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For those of you holding out for the Kindle edition of “The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert,” this is your day! The Kindle version was just released on Amazon.com. Be the first to get it and review it! I look forward to your thoughts and comments.
Categories: LSAT Prep, Personal Statement Tips, Uncategorized
Tags: law school admission events
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Readers of the Law School Expert blog are invited to participate in the following upcoming events featuring Ann Levine giving advice about the law school application process:
“LSAT Prep Options: How Do I Choose?” Blog Talk Radio Show hosted by Ann Levine, featuring the CEOs of two newcomers to the LSAT Prep Course market: AtlasLSAT and Knewton. Listen live and ask questions via phone or chat on Wednesday, October 7th 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST. If you miss the show, you can download it later as a podcast on iTunes or listen anytime on the Law School Expert blog or on Blog Talk Radio.
“Crafting Your Best Personal Statement and Other Winning Tips for Law School Admission” Sponsored by MSU Law School, featuring Ann Levine. Tuesday, October 13th at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST. RSVP here.
“Law School Admission Q&A” and Book Signing Events with Ann Levine will take place on the following college campuses in October:
CALIFORNIA:
UCSB, Tuesday, October 6th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. PST. RSVP on Facebook.
San Diego State University on Tuesday, October 20th at 3 p.m. PST. Sponsored by the Pre-Law Society.
UCSD on Wednesday, October 21st at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Pre-Law Society.
NEW YORK:
Fordham University, Tuesday, October 27th at 5 p.m. Sponsored by Phi Alpha Delta/Pre-Law Society.
(If you are in the NYC area and would like Ann Levine to speak to your pre-law society or Phi Alpha Delta Chapter on October 27th or 28th, please email alevine at lawschoolexpert dot com).
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We’re within two weeks of the September 2009 LSAT. If you haven’t heard my Blog Talk Radio Show with Last Minute Tips for Taking the LSAT, from June, I think you’ll find it’s the best 45 minutes you’ll spend this week. You can download it from iTunes or listen to it online.
Obviously, the deadline to change your LSAT date is in the past. You’re registered for the September LSAT, so you’re definitely taking it. If you’re not ready and convinced it’s not going to go well, you might as well take the test for the experience of it and then cancel your score as you walk out. Then, upgrade your preparation strategy for the December 2009 LSAT administration (and no, it’s not too late for Fall 2010 admission if you take the December LSAT).
And, I’m working on posting some new upcoming Blog Talk Radio shows so definitely keep an eye out for future announcements.
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Here’s an enlightening article in National Jurist about law school admission decision makers visiting social networking sites. So, keep your FB page clean! Here’s a link to a previous post I wrote about being aware of what lives out there in Internet land, “Google Yourself”.
(Thanks also to National Jurist for suggesting “The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert” to its readers).
Categories: Application Timeline, LSAT; Rolling Admissions, Law School Admission Deadlines, Rolling Admissions
Tags: law school applications, Rolling Admissions
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It’s September 4th and it’s official. A Fall 2010 law school applicant has sent me an application to review before submitting it. The Fall 2010 application season officially begins!
I hesitate to post this because I know it will make many of my readers paranoid – ‘OMG! I need to submit my applications THIS week! Who cares if the LSAT is 3 weeks away?! I’m mortgaging my future by not applying RIGHT THIS MINUTE.”
Let me assure you, any thoughts like this are absolutely extreme and unnecessary. I dedicate an entire chapter in my book to “Working the Rolling Admission Process” but the important thing to read right now is:
“…do you need to apply on the first possible day? No. Should you? No. Here’s why: first, law school admission officers are off recruiting people to apply to their law schools.They aren’t spending time in September reviewing very many files.” The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert, p. 48.
Therefore, don’t sacrifice quality for speed. Take a few weeks to build a strong application and then submit it. Do things right; this is much more important than being the first application submitted.
In the case of the client who just sent me his first four applications, I can assure you -his materials are quality in addition to quick.
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Ann K. Levine, Esq., former director of law school admissions for two ABA law schools, is a law school admission consultant and owner of Law School Expert,
