For some of these you only have 1 or two minutes. There is no need to talk about resume items, this is your chance to be yourself. There's only one you applying to law school!
Below is an example of a well-executed resume — it is our COO's and while it has been updated since law school and can be used as a professional example, it also does include certain components that are strategically advantgeous for law school admissions. Anna was admitted to numerous top 10 law schools ands received a full tuition + merit scholarship at UVa Law School, before we lured her away full-time to Spivey Consulting.
We wanted to post the below example of a case when a separate diversity statement was not necessary because the personal statement already covered those elements.
In the late 1990s, right before my academic career started, I went to business school to earn my MBA.
While brainstorming/topic selection is sometimes the most difficult component of the law school personal statement process, even the strongest and most differentiated of stories (as this one is) often need significant conversations with our clients as we work together putting words on paper.
We wanted to provide a template for how to cold email someone, especially when there is an "ask" involved. You don't see many of these online, so here is one exchange below.
Here are three examples of law school letters of recommendation, two academic and one professional, two for regular 1L JD admissions and one for transfer admission.
Eight examples of great law school personal statements.
