Is your LSAT score really the most important factor...

... in law school admissions?


Peace,

I have heard that the admissions essay is also very important, as are your undergraduate grades. That's what I remember when I was considering law school, at any rate.

is also a HUGE factor. Law schools want to see a well rounded, civic minded person with VAST interests intent on making a contribution with their JD.

LSAT is important depending on WHERE you want to attend.

I think in that order. Fortunately, you can train yourself to beat the LSAT.

doing mostly tax and estate planning but also litigating, I have to think that the most important factor in law school admissions is whether you really want to be a lawyer.

That's not a smart alec remark, either. Think long and hard about it because if you're not going to University of Chicago, Harvard, Yale, University of Michigan, or Stanford, or if you don't graduate from a decent school in the top 10%, you're probably going to have a rough time of it for 5 or 10 years. Really. Some people make a lot of money but they pay for it in blood. It's long hours and very difficult, stressful work.

In terms of making money you could invest the 3 years of law school more wisely on some other venture. You don't see lawyers in the Fortune 500.

Being a lawyer isn't a good stepping stone for much of anything, either.

But, then, if you have a burning desire to do this to yourself anyway, you should go for it. You will probably be able to get into a law school. Most of them (the law schools) have no problem taking your money, educating you, and throwing you to the wolves without much in the way of career assistance.

Sorry if I sound jaded. 18 years of real life as a lawyer, graduating from a good law school, made me that way.

Cheers.

;)

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