I had the pleasure of speaking to students at Strategy Prep in Washington, DC this week. I covered the following topics:
- Timing of your law school applications given your intended LSAT date.
- How taking multiple LSATs factors into when you submit applications and whether you need to explain multiple LSAT scores in your applications.
- Who to ask for letters of recommendations and what they need to emphasize about you, in addition to how they balance other aspects of your application.
- How to create a resume that benefits your law school applications and why it matters.
- What to focus on in your law school personal statement.
- Whether you need to address “why law” and/or interest in a specific area of law in your personal statement.
- When to write an optional essay with your application.
- The difference between a “mandatory” addendum and a “discretionary” one and how to explain character and fitness issues.
- Things to be aware of when reapplying to law school.
Here is the link to the 45 minute talk and Q&A. Let me know if you have any questions, or if you have a group you’d like me to come talk to in person or via web conference.
6 Responses
Hi Ms. Levine,
I am a 2020-2021 applicant and am applying to mostly Chicago law schools. I have a 3.1 gpa and a 145 LSAT. Also, I am a female URM, 1 year out of undergraduate with relevant work experience, and have leadership experience. I am wondering what are my chances of getting into Depaul. Do I have a good chance or is it rare for a person of my credentials to get accepted under those conditions? Feel free to email me instead. Thank you!
i Sarah, I don’t comment on school chances on the blog, but I do think the 145 LSAT is going to be problematic.
Hi Ann,
I’m working on my law school resume, three years out of college, and I haven’t included much of my college extracurricular activities. I don’t know that they’re particularly valuable additions, since I did mostly campus social event planning. I did work part time as an office assistant while in college, which I have not included. As my resume currently stands, it is one full page. If I add my college extracurriculars, it would be a page and a half. Do you think these activities might be worth mentioning? Thanks so much!
Resume Revising, I’d include all of that. You can go over a page.
Hi Ann,
Thank you for offering your valuable advice on this blog.
I recently took the LSAT writing and made multiple errors due to changing my argument half-way through and rushing to finish it. How much do you think this will affect my admission at T6? Do you think it’s worth writing a new one? Thank you!
I think you may want to try again….