Category Archives: Admissions

Applying to Law School in January? Hopeless or Hopeful?
Ann Levine of Law School Expert and author of “The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert” has some law school advice for prospective law students.

Yes, law schools have already admitted, rejected, and waitlisted people. They have already given out scholarships. December LSAT results are being released later this year than ever before, pushing application time back even later. Will applying in January negatively impact your chances of getting into law school?

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It’s December 28th. You’re at day three in your eggnog-induced lactose intolerance hangover. Nothing in your body feels entirely right.  And now you get to work on law school applications!

By now, you’re getting to the point of panic. Not crap your pants, we’re all going to die panic, but a fluttery sort of panic- the kind you get when you’ve got a paper due tomorrow and you’re staring at a blank white page. But don’t worry: if you follow my advice here, you should be able to get your applications in before any final deadlines.

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By now, you’ve probably already made your decision whether or not to cancel the December 2010 LSAT. If you haven’t, the deadline is tomorrow, so if you can’t figure it out in the next 24 hours, old Mr. LSAC is going to figure it out for you.

But for those of you who have already made your decision, and have decided to keep your score, then it’s time to turn your attention to actually applying to law school. While we generally always recommend that people work on their applications between the LSAT and scores being released, this advice is especially important for December LSAT takers because you want to be able to apply as soon as you get your score back.

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As you may have heard, starting this year LSAC is bringing you even more administrative headaches by way of the new evaluation service. You can now have professors do an online evaluation, which is entirely different than a letter of recommendation. Rather than actually having to take the time to put words down to describe you, LSAC evaluations are much more quantitative. Across 30 categories, your evaluator says where you fall on a scale ranging from “below average” to “truly exceptional.” The categories include intellectual curiosity, honesty, critical thinking, and leadership, among many other things. Law schools then look at all these ratings, which adds to the overall profile of your application.

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I sat down with About.com’s legal guru Michelle Fabio for her take on law school.  And by “sat down” I mean exchanged email correspondences, probably from our respective couches, almost certainly in bunny slippers.  At least on my end.   So without further ado, stuff you should know about legal things.

An interview with lawschool.about.com’s Michelle Fabio

It’s application season; do you have any advice for students currently applying to law school?

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