Monthly Archives: September 2012

As we head towards the October LSAT, here’s a helpful tip from Mary Adkins at Manhattan LSAT: Confession: last week in class, I nearly strangled a student. I leaned forward, pretended to put my hands around his neck, and then trembled in a strange way.* Moments before, we’d had this conversation: Homer Simpson does not have the LSAT score to teach for Manhattan LSAT Mary: Why not (E), Sam? Sam: I felt like it was already stated in the argument. Mary: But it’s…

    Case Closed: Building an Exceptional Law Brand is a free webinar that discusses a unique way to conceptualize law school applications and offers participants the opportunity for a live Q&A. Monday, 10/1     8pm EDT Before you get caught in the details, learn to craft a personal brand that will help structure your entire application. The Admit Advantage law director will help you create a brand that emphasizes your unique strengths and appeals to admissions committees.…

Not everyone in law school today plans to head to Big Law or to work in private practice.  While that may still be the more traditional path for the majority, law students today have a diverse range of career goals. Law schools like to tell students they can do anything with a law degree, but can they? With the high cost of law school tuition and a tight job market, it’s important to think early about the type of…

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 not so optional “optional” essay.   Almost every law school will ask for a personal statement as part of your admissions application. These personal statements are an integral part of your application, but what about the optional essays? Should you write these or not?…

A personal statement is really no more than telling a story—one that illuminates the “you” a law school would be lucky to have in its student body. In this series, “Telling Your Story,” jdMission Senior Consultant Mary Adkins will discuss how elements of storytelling can—and should—be applied to your personal statement.   About a year ago, my sister called and asked what I was doing. “I’m brainstorming ideas for my book,” I told her. “With who?” she asked. I…

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 Micro-editing. You know when you see a typo in a professional publication and think, “How did someone not catch that?” Well, we do too, and so do admissions officers. Everyone who puts pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, needs a micro editor. Over reliance…