It’s getting to be crunch time now for all of you out there planning to apply to Law School for Fall 2006. Ok, very quick recap:
1) Register for both the LSAT (if you haven’t yet) and the LSDAS
2) Send ALL official transcript information to the LSDAS
3) Print out PERSONALIZED letters of recommendation for each recommender through your LSDAS account. Give out those letters! Meet with your recommenders!
4) Research schools through LSAC.org’s “Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools”. Jot down notes, save information, create a database, get an idea of where you want to apply. Last year, the average amount of applications per applicant was 6. You should make it 8 - 10. So at this point, at least narrow it down to 15.
5) Go into your LSAC account, under the “Applications” tab. This is the ideal way to view Law School applications and submit electronically. Read requiremens. Look at Personal Statement questions.
6) Work on your Personal Statement. A generic ‘template’ may work at this stage but you may want to begin finalizing them for your law school applications.
7) Resume. Go to 259 Capen Hall and have them look at your resume. They have a Quick Question desk for just this type of thing.
Let me just make sone suggestions. Having recommenders send off your letters in time can sometimes be difficult. Ensure that those are sent off soon and articulate to them that your application must be complete before law schools will review your application, and that you want to get your application off early.
With rolling admissions, and based on last year’s applications, having your applications COMPLETE and SENT OUT by the first week of November would be ideal.
Email me if you’d like me to go over your personal statement.
Posted October 21, 2005 in Announcements
Now’s the time to register for a LSAC Forum if you’re going to be in NYC this weekend (or want an excuse to GO to NYC).
New York, NY
Saturday, October 22
10 A.M.-5 P.M.
Sunday, October 23
Noon-5 P.M.
Hilton New York
1335 Avenue of the Americas
The website to register is: http://www.lsac.org/LSAC.asp?url=lsac/law-school-recruitment-forums.asp
I know that both Phi Alpha Delta and the Pre-Law Society are planning to attend. If you are interested, email Tiffanie Smart trsmart@buffalo.edu) and see if there is some room in the van!
Link again to Forum Registration on LSAC.org
By the way if you attended this event I want to hear from you. Email me your experiences (Good AND Bad!!) and I’ll post your reaction to it. Soon we’ll have a comments section as well but until then please email me!
Posted October 20, 2005 in Announcements
Hello Everyone,
Welcome to the new design of the University at Buffalo Pre Law webpage. I’ve decided it would be both an informative and fun experience to have a weblog format for this site, given the plethora of updates, announcements, notifications, and opinion-pieces this position requires. What I plan to do here is simple. Announcing things whenever something important is coming up of course, but also, delve a little bit into the experiences I’ve gained by being a Pre Law Advisor.
If I just attended a Pre Law Conference with all those Law School admissions officers there? I’m going to let you know EXACTLY what they said that you need to know. I want to create some tutorials, walkthroughs, and suggestions on the various components of your law school application and they’ll all be listed here. Pay attention to the categories topics in the right margin; this will be an indication how to find my various different blog posts. If you simply want to catch up really quickly on what is going on this week that you should be aware of, just click on the ‘announcements’ section. If, instead, you’re about to tackle filling out your law school applications via the Law School Admission Council’s LSACD, perhaps click on the ‘tutorial’ section.
By the way. If you have something Pre Law or Law School related that you’d like me to post? Fire off an email and I’ll see what I can do. Additionally, if you’re a Law School representative / Professor / Lawyer and you want to lend me an opinion piece on something? Email me, and I’ll post it. It can be anything pertinent to law. Want to complain about the current state of affairs in technology patents? By all means. Or if you’re admission representative and want to mention something about the generic personal statements you get, give us some anecodotes (anonymity of course is fine!).
Posted October 20, 2005 in Announcements