Busy Applicant's Guide to Get Into Law School: Everything You Need in a Pocket-Sized Resource
By Stephen Ilg
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Ilg and Weikel-Magden’s goal was to provide the pros and cons of every stage of the admissions process and let readers decide for themselves which path to take, but the authors never hesitate to recommend their preference.
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The authors focus a lot of their energy (as they should) on the LSAT and personal statement. The chapter on personal statements, the longest chapter in the book, is ripe with information and advice — perhaps a reflection on Ilg and Weikel-Magden’s expertise. The duo emphasizes that students should constantly edit their personal statements so that it gives four pages of information in two. Although a it won’t singlehandedly get a person into law school, one’s personal statement is crucial in that it can (and should) be a law school’s most valuable tool for really seeing a candidate as more than a name and numbers.
As for the LSAT, Get Into Law School acknowledges that a student’s score is the most important piece of an application (even though law schools won’t admit it) before giving a simple outline of what is on the exam. For those serious about achieving their most potential on LSAT test day, the book recommends students take an LSAT prep course. The book even breaks down the features of four top LSAT prep companies"
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Written by two experienced admissions consultants, this guide walks readers through every stage of the law school admissions process, from deciding whether or not to enter the legal field, to writing essays, and even to negotiating scholarships after getting admitted. Admission to law school grows more difficult each year. In fact, 27,500 applicants in 2010 did not get admitted to a single ABA-approved school. In today’s tough job market, it is more important than ever to get into the right law school. This book provides all the advice you need to maximize your chance of getting admitted to the school of your choice.
Busy Applicant’s Guide to Get Into Law School offers two important advantages over other books on the market: it explains how readers should prepare for the all-important Law School Admission Test (or LSAT) and it candidly describes where other experts disagree with our suggestions for how to get into law school. Open the testing chapter of any law school admissions book and you will learn that every single one believes the LSAT is one of the most important parts, if not the most important part, of an application. However, no book on the market provides guidance regarding how to prepare for the LSAT on your own or, more importantly, how to choose a course to help prepare for the LSAT. Busy Applicant’s Guide teaches students how to use cost-effective tools to prepare for this crucial test. Furthermore, it explains the various types of LSAT courses available and even reviews four of the top LSAT preparation companies, explaining what really sets each company apart from the pack. Such in-depth coverage of admissions advice and of LSAT preparation makes this book one-of-a-kind.
Stephen Ilg
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Busy Applicant's Guide to Get Into Law School - Stephen Ilg
BUSY APPLICANT’S GUIDE TO
GET INTO LAW SCHOOL
Everything You Need in a Pocket-Sized Resource
By Stephen Ilg and Levi Weikel-Magden
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Smashwords edition.
Copyright 2011 by Stephen Ilg and Levi Weikel-Magden. All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Designed by Angela Ilg.
Busy Applicant’s Guide to Get Into Law School: Everything You Need in a Pocket-sized Resource / Stephen Ilg and Levi Weikel-Magden – 2012 ed.
Published by Ilg, Stephen and Weikel-Magden, Levi at Smashwords.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Should I Go to Law School?
Chapter 2: What to Do During College
Chapter 3: Schedule for Applying to Law School
Chapter 4: Time Off Before Law School
Chapter 5: Parts of the Law School Application
Chapter 6: LSAT
Chapter 7: GPA
Chapter 8: Personal Statement and Other Essays
Chapter 9: Resume
Chapter 10: Letters of Recommendation & Evaluations
Chapter 11: Interviews
Chapter 12: Addendum
Chapter 13: Minority Status and Diversity
Chapter 14: Scholarships
Chapter 15: Where to Apply
Chapter 16: Sending Applications
Chapter 17: Accepting
Chapter 18: Waitlist
Chapter 19: Transferring
Chapter 20: Other Sources of Information
Chapter 21: About the Authors
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Preface
Thank you for purchasing the Busy Applicant’s Guide to Get Into Law School. Written by two experienced admissions consultants, this guide distills the expertise gained over nearly a decade of helping students like you achieve coveted acceptance letters to top law schools. This book will walk you through every stage of the admissions process, from deciding whether or not to enter the legal field, to writing essays, and even to negotiating scholarships after you’ve been admitted. Admission to law school grows more difficult each year. In 2010, 604,100 applications were sent to ABA-approved law schools in the United States. Given the tough job market, it is more important than ever to get into the right school. Troublingly, 27,500 applicants in 2010 did not get admitted to a single ABA-approved school. This book provides all the advice you need to maximize your chance of getting admitted to the school of your choice.
Busy Applicant’s Guide to Get Into Law School offers two important advantages over others on the market: it explains how you should prepare for the all-important Law School Admission Test (or LSAT) and it candidly describes where other experts disagree with our suggestions for how to get into law school. Experts can, and do, get it wrong and can offer plain bad advice based on a poor understanding of the complex admissions process. More often, though, you’ll hear biased advice that will only prove true for a slight majority of applicants. Busy Applicant’s Guide explains the reasoning behind each recommendation so you can decide whether you should follow the standard rule or whether you fit into an exception. Perhaps worse than failing to reveal where the experts disagree, many books include lengthy quotes from admissions personnel that directly contradict each other without synthesizing the contradictory quotes into a rule with specific exceptions, leaving readers to guess at how to apply this paradoxical advice. Busy Applicant’s Guide explains, in simple terms, the fundamentals of applying to law school, about which all experts agree. And it explains where prelaw experts disagree on a topic, informing readers of the few areas where no ironclad rules exist.
Busy Applicant’s Guide to Get Into Law School also stands out from the competition through its discussion of LSAT preparation. Open the testing chapter of any law school admissions book and you will learn that every single one agrees the LSAT is one of the most important parts, if not the most important part, of an application. However, few explain how to prepare for the LSAT on your own or, more importantly, how to choose a course to help prepare for the LSAT. Based on years of experience in the LSAT prep course industry, the LSAT Chapter in Busy Applicant’s Guide teaches students how to use cost-effective tools to prepare for this crucial test. Furthermore, it explains the various types of LSAT courses available and even reviews four of the top LSAT preparation companies, explaining what really sets each company apart from the pack. Such in-depth coverage of LSAT preparation makes this book one-of-a-kind. The support available to you goes beyond these pages, however. The authors of Busy Applicant’s Guide are available for consult as you roll up your sleeves and begin your application process. If you have any questions that are not answered within these pages, please contact the authors through their website, PreLawMentor.com, or by email at help@prelawmentor.com.
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Chapter 1: Should I Go to Law School?
When trying to decide if you should go to law school, you really need to ask yourself two questions: (1) do I want to go to law school? and (2) do I want to go badly enough to pay that much and work that hard? The difficult part is answering these questions when you don’t know exactly how much you’ll have to pay or how hard you’ll have to work. The advice below will help you understand how to resolve these questions.
Why Do You Want to Go to Law School?
Law school applicants have many reasons they want to go to law school. To become a lawyer. To enter business. To join academia. Because more school sounds better than working. Some applicants take their aim at law school because it sounds like a better proposition than medical school and those seemed like the only two options. You need to discern why you want to go to law school. Gather as much information as you can to answer this question, and be honest with yourself. If you know any people working in a career that interests you, ask about what life is like from day to day. Try to discover what the best and worst parts are about the fields you are considering. Some people go to law school as a means to an end while others just enjoy the idea of law school itself. We suggest that you sit in on classes at a nearby school to help you find out if you’d enjoy the law school experience. No matter where you live there is probably a law school near you, and most will have no problem with you attending classes. If you discover you would love the three years of reading and discussing cases, it’s less important that you know what you want to do with your J.D. afterwards.
Most law school applicants intend to become attorneys after graduation. But few know much about what it’s like to work as a lawyer until they’ve already spent three years’ worth of tuition. We recommend you purchase the National Association for Law Placement’s book, The Official Guide to Legal Specialties for excellent descriptions about day-to-day life in dozens of practice areas. Each chapter provides a short explanation of a practice area, tips for how to get into the area, and then has interviews with lawyers about their work. It quickly exposes you to what life would be like not just as a lawyer, but as a sports lawyer, a solo