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Saturday 28 May 2011

Acceptance to law schools

Acceptance by most law schools depends on the applicant’s ability to demonstrate an aptitude for the study of law, usually through undergraduate grades, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), the quality of the applicant’s undergraduate school, any prior work experience, and sometimes, a personal interview. However, law schools vary in the weight they place on each of these and other factors.

All law schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) require applicants to take the LSAT. As of June 2008, there were 200 ABA-accredited law schools; others were approved by State authorities only. Nearly all law schools require applicants to have certified transcripts sent to the Law School Data Assembly Service, which then submits the applicants’ LSAT scores and their standardized records of college grades to the law schools of their choice. The Law School Admission Council administers both this service and the LSAT. Competition for admission to many law schools—especially the most prestigious ones—is usually intense, with the number of applicants greatly exceeding the number that can be admitted.



“Without adequate money going into education, you can't reform it,”
- Robert Duncan

20 comments:

  1. Watching the Casey Anthony trial right now and how bad the prosecution are doing I wish I had studied law!

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  2. my days are over but thanks for the info anyway :)

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  3. Stiff competition for decent law schools alright.

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  4. Oof, the LSAT doesn't sound like fun.

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  5. i aint passed the bar but i know a lil bit

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  6. I will be signing up for my LSAT really soon. I like that you can't exactly study for it: it's just logic. I'm good at that =)

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  7. Something tells me that is not a fun test

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  8. are there lawyers that never see court?

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  9. tough lifestyle, i bet it pays off though

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  10. hey, where are you studying?

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  11. im digging the Quotes your posting as finishers man.

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  12. good thing that where i'm going i need no grades

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  13. These days we have far more law school grads than jobs waiting for them

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  14. I really like the quotes at the ends of posts. Are they from lawyers?

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  15. “Without adequate money going into education, you can't reform it,”

    very true, totally agree

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