Conversation with LSAT Unplugged on JD Admissions and How to Stand Out in the Law School Application Process

Published May 2022

Topics covered include: how law school admissions committees review applications, writing the personal statement and supplementary essays, LSAT changes, wait list advice, transferring law schools, and the recent recommendation of the ABA that law schools should not require standardized tests for admissions and how that might impact the application process.

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