Law School Admissions Tip No.3: Extracurricular Activities, Community Service, and Leadership – What Counts?
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
The Top 15 Things Every Law School Applicant Should Know is a series that will teach you the ins and outs of successful law school applications. Stay tuned for the remaining elements. This week we’ll discuss the importance of extracurricular activities in the law school admissions process
Part of your strategy for applying to law school should be figuring out what makes you stand apart from the crowd. The numbers are the numbers, but what you do outside of school and how you spend your f…
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Law School Admissions Tip #2: Timing is Everything, and Earlier is Better
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
The Top 15 Things Every Applicant to Law School Applicant Should Know is a series that will teach you the ins and outs of successful law school applications. Stay tuned for the remaining elements. This week we’ll discuss the importance of timing in the law school admissions process.
My brother’s favorite saying is, “Go early and go high.” This is the way he enjoys his hiking – pure, pristine, and in solitude. It is how he best appreciates the experience. In the case of law schoo…
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The Dumb Kids Didn’t Get the Message? Whoa, there.
Monday, April 30th, 2012
By Mary Adkins, Manhattan LSAT Teacher. Manhattan LSAT is a leading LSAT-exclusive test preparation provider. If you don’t know much about the LSAT, you can read the Manhattan LSAT intro guide or attend one of the free workshops (available in NYC and Live Online).
You may have heard the news. At the end of a decade of soaring law school application numbers, they’ve finally started plummeting. Over the past two years, there has been a notable dip in the number of people taking the LSAT an…
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Weighing The Value of a Challenging Class, a Low Grade & Some Time Off
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Here's a recent inquiry from one of our listeners and some info from our podcasts that may be helpful:
I am a college senior with one semester left before I graduate. I am currently studying for the LSAT. This semester I chose to take a logic class and while I am learning the material, the class is difficult and I already know it's going to lower my GPA. Therefore I'm thinking of holding off on law school right after I graduate. How highly do law schools look at GPA's if an indivi…
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Law School Admissions Tip #1: Develop Your Law School Admissions Strategy
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
The Top 15 Things Every Law School Applicant Should Know is a series that will teach you the ins and outs of successful law school applications. Stay tuned for the remaining elements. This week starts with “Law School Admissions Strategy.”
Numbers and stats for law school admission are important – certainly more so even than for undergraduate – but the right components of your application can make all the difference in the world.
Does it seem like you just finished your und…
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Beyond ‘Thinking Like a Lawyer’ – New Podcast Looks at Changes in Law School Curriculum
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Should we anticipate saying good-bye to the traditional law school classroom experience, famously depicted in movies, television and shared by legions of 1Ls who have endured it while learning to "think like a lawyer?" Not quite, though there's a lot of talk these days about changes in the legal profession — and how law schools should respond. The debate centers on the value and relevance of the traditional law school curriculum and is prompted in large part by the dismal economy i…
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Applicants to Get Better Employment Data To Weigh In Choosing Law Schools
Monday, March 26th, 2012
Law school applicants hear this (sound) advice all the time: Do your research and choose carefully when selecting a law school. In the future, law school applicants will have better, more transparent, information to work with as they do that research. Better, though not perfect.
The ABA's law school accrediting arm will require law schools to provide more detailed employment information. According to Indiana University law professor William Henderson, writing on The Legal Whiteb…
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The Law School Rankings Shuffle
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
The U. S. News & World Report "Best Law Schools 2013" is out - and there's a bit of shuffling around in some of the top spots and a few big jumps elsewhere.
Yale remains ranked #1 (holding the spot since 1990), Stanford moves up to the #2 spot (from #3) and Harvard moves to #3 (Harvard held the #2 spot since 2007 and Stanford had jointly held the #2 spot with Harvard in 2008 and 2009).
There was also some shuffling within the Top 14 (T14). According to a U.S. News post: "Th…
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Planning for the June LSAT & Beyond!
Monday, March 12th, 2012
By Manhattan LSAT, a leading LSAT-exclusive test preparation provider. If you don’t know much about the LSAT, you can read the Manhattan LSAT intro guide or attend one of the free workshops (available in NYC and Live Online).
Two of the more common questions asked by future LSAT takers are: 1) “When should I begin studying for the LSAT?” and 2) “How long does it typically take to prepare for this exam?”
The answer to these basic (yet extremely important!) questions provi…
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Does Your Personal Statement Deliver?
Monday, March 5th, 2012
By Linda Abraham, founder and president of Accepted.com. Accepted.com, the premier admissions consultancy and essay editing company, has helped applicants around the world gain admissions to over 450+ top schools since 1994. Visit Accepted.com for guidance with your law school application today.
I attended a lecture over the weekend. As the speaker began, he mentioned a couple of ideas that sounded intriguing, and I settled back expecting him to explore them, perhaps tie them together. Th…
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