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Tips for Submitting Your Law School Recommendations

Tips for Submitting Your Law School Recommendations

The recommendations part of CAS is, in my experience, the logistical part of the whole application process that trips up the most people, so I’ll focus on the process of submitting recommendations in this post. The logistical stuff is really boring and a bit tedious by definition, but it’s very important, because if you don’t follow the logistical instructions precisely, your applications will get held up.

Updating Your Law School Applications

Updating Your Law School Applications

The holidays can be a mixed bag for law school applicants. Those who already have acceptances in their pockets are able to kick back and enjoy the seasonal respite. But if you are still waiting to hear back, you are probably sitting around dinner tables fending off questions from everyone and their brother about your law school results.

Why Hasn't My Law School Application Gone Complete?

Why Hasn't My Law School Application Gone Complete?

If you've already submitted your applications, you're probably checking their status at your various schools. Perhaps a bit compulsively? That's OK, as long as you're checking your status online and not bugging a real person on the other end every six minutes. This time of year, the most important status update for you to confirm is that your application has been marked complete.

Top 15 Law School Recommendation Tips

Top 15 Law School Recommendation Tips
  1. Assume that schools prefer academic recommendations unless they specifically request a professional one. An academic recommender is someone who has taught you in a college classroom environment, graded your papers, led your discussion sections, etc.

  2. Law school recommendations are not meant to be character references; they should focus on you as a student.

Character & Fitness Addendum: Criminal and Disciplinary Disclosures on Law School Applications

Character & Fitness Addendum: Criminal and Disciplinary Disclosures on Law School Applications

For some prospective law school students, the most stressful part of the application process isn't the Personal Statement or the LSAT. It's answering a question like this: Are you currently under indictment, or have you ever been convicted, placed on probation, or given a deferred adjudication or diversion program for a criminal offense?