Legal Junkies Forums

#1 Community for Pre-Law and Law Students (Beta)

 

Law School - Letters of Recommendation

This is a discussion on Law School - Letters of Recommendation within the Law School Admission Process forum, part of the Preparing for Law School category; LSAC’s Letter of Recommendation Service (LOR) is offered as a convenience to LSDAS registrants, recommendation-letter writers, and LSDAS-participating law schools ...


Go Back   Legal Junkies Forums > Preparing for Law School > Law School Admission Process

Register FAQ Tags Members List Social Groups Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Layout



Reply

 

LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 04-08-2009, 09:55 PM
forum_admin's Avatar
Forum Administrator
Country: forum_admin's Flag is: United States
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 482
Default Law School - Letters of Recommendation

LSAC’s Letter of Recommendation Service (LOR) is offered as a convenience to LSDAS registrants, recommendation-letter writers, and LSDAS-participating law schools. Use of LSAC's LOR service is optional unless a law school to which you are applying states that it is required. This service allows you to use your LSAC online account to have your LORs sent to law schools based on each school's requirements or preferences, and to direct letters intended for specific schools. You may submit up to four general letters to be sent to every school to which you apply. For general letters, all you need to do is identify your recommenders, print out your prefilled letter of recommendation forms, and give the forms to the appropriate recommenders. Your recommender must sign the letter, insert it in his or her own envelope along with their letter of recommendation form, and send it directly to LSAC. LSAC will send your general letters to law schools in the order in which they are received (up to the number required or preferred by the law school). You may also submit targeted letters that you direct to specific law schools. Use of LSAC's LOR service is optional unless a law school to which you are applying states that its use is required. [LIST OF LAW SCHOOLS AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS.]

Law School - Letters of Recommendation - Related Links

Letters of Recommendation

Career Center - Law School - Letters of Recommendation

Letter of Recommendation

Free Sample Letter of Recommendation Law School

PRELAW HANDBOOK - Law School Letters of Recommendation

Law School Letters of Recommendation Advice

College Admissions- Recommendation Letters

Sample Recommendation Letters - Sample Letters of Recommendation
Reply With Quote


Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
  #2  
Old 04-29-2011, 10:13 AM
Junior Member
Country: hamburg113's Flag is: Argentina
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2
Default Re: Law School - Letters of Recommendation

Hi,

Good ideal, pls try to keep posting. I like this topic very much and I will digged this one. Tks again.
Reply With Quote


Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
  #3  
Old 05-03-2011, 06:59 PM
lawyertrust's Avatar
Junior Member
Country: lawyertrust's Flag is: United States
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 22
Default Re: Law School - Letters of Recommendation

I agree with hamburg113, I also like this post. It has useful information.

Regards Thrust law group
Reply With Quote


Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
  #4  
Old 05-14-2011, 07:22 AM
Junior Member
Country: john203's Flag is: United States
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 3
Default Re: Law School - Letters of Recommendation

Thanks for this useful post the links have been quite useful here is another recommendation letter resource that I found...
Sample letter of recommendation

I hope it will be useful.
Reply With Quote


Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
  #5  
Old 05-24-2011, 03:39 AM
Junior Member
Country: hamburg113's Flag is: Argentina
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2
Default Re: Law School - Letters of Recommendation

Quote:
Originally Posted by lawyertrust View Post
I agree with hamburg113, I also like this post. It has useful information.

Regards Thrust law group
Thanks.

If you want to get more materials that related to this topic, you can visit: Reference letter

Best regards.
Reply With Quote


Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
  #6  
Old 11-18-2011, 07:44 AM
Junior Member
Country: employement's Flag is: India
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 4
Default Re: Law School - Letters of Recommendation

This article provides a general overview of the process of securing letters of recommendation and contains instructions and advice on how to make the most of your letters of recommendation now and how to overcome any obstacles that may come up. Although you may at first feel as though this is a component of the application that you cannot control because you are not writing the recommendation, you can strategically maximize the positive impact that letters of recommendation will have by learning about the following topics:

1. Letters of Recommendation Overview

2. LSDAS Letter of Recommendation Service

3. Requirements for Letters of Recommendation

4. Selecting a Good Recommender

5. Requesting a Letter of Recommendation

6. Following Up on a Letter of Recommendation

7. Drafting Your Own Letter of Recommendation

8. To Waive or Not to Waive

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION OVERVIEW

An important element of the law school admissions process is securing letters of recommendation. Many schools, such as U.C. Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law view your personal statement and letters of recommendation as a combined 1/3 of your application, equal in value to the critical components of GPA and LSAT. Letters of recommendation provide law schools with a candid assessment of your abilities, and a good letter of recommendation can expand upon or reveal aspects of yourself that may not be otherwise apparent in your application. A strong letter of recommendation can improve your chances of admittance; however, it cannot make up for any serious weaknesses in your record.

The best letters of recommendation are those that are comparative in nature. Recommendations that positively discuss your intellectual abilities, course load or work product in comparison to other students or coworkers (“She is best student I have ever taught in my entire career” or “He took the most difficult courses in the department”) weigh heavily with admissions officers. In addition, letters that can also comment on your character and goals in addition to your intellectual strengths are beneficial as well.


federal employee lawyer
Reply With Quote


Did you find this post helpful? Yes | No
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
admissions, law, letters, recommendation, sample, school

This thread has 5 replies and has been viewed 1421 times


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

| More

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off





All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:49 AM.


Use of the Forums is subject to our Disclaimer. Copyright 2000-2012 by WORLDLawDirect.com, Inc.