INDEX
Page numbers in bold indicate tables.

ABA. See American Bar Association
ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools
absolute vs. relative data, rankings
academic promise/potential
academic record
admissions committees on
admissions deans on
analytical skills and
building alternative transcripts
course difficulty impact on
gaps/weaknesses in
graduate record
improving
index numbers
international applicants and
majors impact
poor performance explanation for
pre-professional subjects impact on
quality of school impact on
special circumstances influencing
undergrad record vs. LSAT score
work experience vs.
writing skills and
See also college; credentials; GPAs; grades; transcripts
accelerated graduation
acceptance to law school
admissions directors on
college, finishing
deposits, sending in
exam-taking skills and
first vs. second choice and
international applicants and
jobs, leaving
law camps and
legal reasoning skills and
legal writing skills and
revisiting schools after
substantive law courses and
timetable
See also deferrals; law schools, getting most out of; Montauk, Richard
accommodated testing, for LSAT
accomplishments
in essays
in recommendations
work experience and
accountant applicants
accounting courses
accounting skills
Aciman, Andre
ACLU
addendum, essays
Adelman, Leslie (Georgetown)
administrative hold
admiralty and maritime law
admissions committees
on academic record
on extracurricular activities
interviews and
on work experience
admissions deans
on academic record
on accommodated testing
on admissions process
on appeals
on application forms
on career
on credentials
on deans’ letter
on deferrals
described
on essays
on extracurricular activities
on extra materials submission
on financial aid
on foreign study
on grades and LSAT
on international students
on interviews
on joint degrees
on legacies
on LSAT
on marketing yourself
on misconduct
on politeness/etiquette
on rankings
on recommendations
on résumés
on school choice
on third-year matriculants
on timetable
on transfers
on value of life, work experience
on wait-listing
on work experience
admissions directors
on acceptance
admissions process and
on age/experience impact on
on marketing yourself
on own schools
on recommendations
on residency
top law schools and
admissions officers
file assignments to
interviews
school choice and
admissions offices, visiting
admissions process
academic/professional promise
accepts/rejects in
admissions committee
admissions deans on
admissions directors and
benefits of
“blind” reading
brains in
chances, advice on
chances, hurting
chances, improving
completed application in
credentials and
criteria
decision-making process and
difficulty of
diversity among students and
early start for
educational achievements in
essays and
extracurricular activities and
extra materials submission in
forms, filling out
grades and
honors/awards and
index numbers in
international applicants and
interviews and
job history in
leadership skills in
legal potential in
LSAT and
LSDAS and
minorities and
objective data and
outcomes of
personal attributes in
personal statements and
politeness in
pre-law advising and
presumptive admits/rejects in
quality of school in
recommendations
reserve/hold in
rolling admissions
standard admissions model
timetable
“uncertain” in
wait-listing in
who you are, importance in
work experience and
See also acceptance to law school; applications; denial; foreign study; law schools; marketing yourself; Montauk, Richard; timetable for application; transfers; wait-listing
admit lists
advantaged applicants
advocacy
admissions/advisor
groups
age
experience and
for independence from parents
marketing impacted by
median, of law school students
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
all-around synthesizer marketing theme
alternatives to LSAT
altruist marketing theme
alumni
interviews with
legacies and
networking
pre-law advising
school assessment and
school choice and
American Bar Association (ABA)
accelerated graduation
diversity and
on joint degrees
on LSAT
on term-time work
American Criminal Law Review
American schools, reputation of
American University
analytical reasoning section, LSAT
analytical skills in essays
antitrust consultant
antitrust law
Antonio (essayist)
appeals, to denial
appearance, interviews
applicant categories
applicant pool
comparisons with
distinguishing self from
applications
common
completion of
deadlines
deferrals
filing
minority assistance for
misconduct and
timetable
See also timetable for application
applying to law school
costs of
number of schools for application
other school applications and deferrals
reapplying
waiting
See also admissions process; marketing yourself; Montauk, Richard; timetable for application
apprenticeship, of law clerks
arguing, law career and
Arizona. See University of Arizona
Arizona State
Armour, Betsy (Boston Univ.)
Arron, Deborah
artist applicants
Aspen Publishers
Aspen series
assessing schools. See criteria for assessing schools
asset-shuffling games
assets, LRAPs and
assistantships
athletics
See also sports
attitudes, interviews
attrition rate
Aubin, Albert E. (UCLA)
audience, for essays
awards
See also departmental prizes

backgrounds
applicants’
interview questions about
pre-law advisors’
recommenders’
unusual, of applicants
banking applicants
bar associations
admission to
misconduct checks by
BAR/BRI bar review firm
bar exams
review courses/outline
school assessment and
bargaining, financing degree
Barnett, Megan A. (Yale)
behavior and recommendation
behavior, during interviews
Berkeley. See University of California at Berkeley
Bill (essayist)
binding/nonbinding early decision
Binghamton
biotech industry
Bird by Bird (Lamott)
black letter law, policy vs.
blank slate, after denial
“blind” reading
Boalt Hall. See University of California at Berkeley
body language
body, of essays
books
for essay writing
by faculty
borderline candidates
boredom, in law school
Boston College
admissions process
clerkships
credentials
early application option
essays
extra materials submission
foreign study
interviews
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
school choice
transfers
waiting to apply
wait-listing
Boston University
early application option
essays
financial aid
financing degree
LSAT
rankings
recommendations
school choice
transfers
work experience
brains
in admissions process
recommendations and
Bramble, Catherine (BYU)
Brendan (essayist)
Brest, Paul (Stanford)
briefing sessions, recommenders
Brief Principles of Microeconomics (Mankiw)
briefs, canned
Brigham Young (BYU)
Britain, law study in
brochures, school
Brooklyn College
Bryant, Theresa J. (Yale)
Bush, President
business schools
courses in
JD-MBA
view of lawyers
business, starting own
business vs. law careers
BYU. See Brigham Young

California Lawyer
Cambridge
camps, law
campus tours
Canadian law schools
cancellation, of loans
canned briefs
career
admissions deans on
changing
choices from top law schools
development, from law school
essay theme
flexibility, from top law schools
futures
options
See also law career; Montauk, Richard
career counseling
See also pre-law advising
career services
counseling/résumé review at
getting most out of school through
on lawyer dissatisfaction
on poor reasons for law school
reciprocity of
school assessment and
school choice and
on self-assessment
top law schools and
on value of life, work experience
visiting law schools’
case method (Socratic Method) of teaching
See also common law
Casenote
categories, applicant
Catholic University
certificate of eligibility
Chapman University
character
essays
recommendations and
charities
See also community service
Charles Hamilton Houston Law School Preparatory Institute
chat room (on-line) discussions
cheating
Chicago. See University of Chicago
Chicago-Kent College of Law
childhood, unusual
child-rearing expenses
children, dependent/independent
choosing right law school
admissions deans on
alumni meetings for
brochures and
career services and
chat room discussions for
competitors vs.
criteria for
deferring application and
differences among schools
“dog-and-pony shows,”
employers’ view of schools
goals and
inability to attend right level of school
information gathering for
as iterative process
JD programs and
lateral employment movement and
“likely” schools
LRAP and
mistakes, avoiding
needs assessment and
number of schools for application
part-time vs. full-time programs
“possible” schools
publications for
quality and
representatives, meeting
research/investigation
resources for
self-assessment for
strengths/weakness
“stretches” schools
students, talking with
target schools and
transfers and
See also criteria for assessing schools; Montauk, Richard; rankings; visiting law schools
churches, grants from
citation index
“cite-checking,”
civil code system
Civil Liberties Unions
civil litigation
civil procedure
classes
discussions
participation in
sitting in on
size, school assessment and
See also academic record; courses
classmates
See also student body
cleaning up your online profile
CLEO. See Council on Legal Education Opportunity
clerkships
See also judicial clerkships
clientele, developing
clinical courses, school assessment and
clinical programs
clinical studies (situation-based) teaching
clubs
grants from
pre-law
“cold calling” students
College Board
College Cost Reduction and Access Act-Public Service Loan Forgiveness
college(s)
degree vs. quality degree
education, questions on
finishing
law school directly from
seniors
student applicants
time off between law school and
See also law schools; specific law schools
Columbia
admissions process
bar exam
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early application option
early decision
essays
financing degree
international and comparative law
international students
interviews
joint degrees
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
part-time jobs
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
recruitment
school choice
School of Journalism joint degree
summary data for
summer earnings
term-time earnings
transfers
visiting students
wait-listing
work experience
on work experience
commercial litigation
commitment
common applications
common law system
community activities
community service
advantaged applicants and
importance of
projects
recommendations from
types of
competition
essays by
marketing yourself and
school assessment and
school choice vs.
writing, for law review
complicated candidate
computer/adaptive exams
computer facilities
computer programmer applicants
conclusion, for essays
Connecticut. See University of Connecticut
consensus view, for rankings
consistency of message, marketing
constitutional law
consultant applicants
consulting
strategy
See also Montauk, Richard
content of essay, revising
contracts
contribution to school or legal profession, as essay theme
Conway, Jill Ker
“cookie-cutter” candidate
Cooter, Robert B.
copyediting
copyright law
Cornblatt, Andy (Georgetown)
Cornell
admissions process
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early action option
early application option
essays
exchange programs
financing degree
international degrees
international students
interviews
jobs
joint degrees
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
pre-law program
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
school choice
summer earnings
term-time earnings
transfers
waiting to apply
wait-listing
corporate law
corporations classes
cost calculation, financing degree
cost of living, rankings and
costs. See financing your law degree
Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)
counseling
See also career services; pre-law advising
Coupet, Sacha
courses
accelerated graduation and
in business schools
for career development
credit for externships
double load of
elective
joint degrees
law firm management
law preparation
LSAT prep
in other departments
outside law school
pre-law
rankings by
required
school assessment and
school choice and
summer
on websites
writing
See also classes
Crawford, Amy
creative nonfiction reading, for essays
credentials
admissions deans
admissions process and
career futures and
improving
international applicants and
minorities’
school choice and
See also academic record; community activities; extracurricular activities; Law School Admission Test (LSAT); marketing yourself; personal activities; work experience
credibility, establishing
credit
for exchange programs
for externships
for foreign law study
hours, state schools and
Lifetime Learning
for work experience
credit history
crimes
See also felony convictions; misconduct
criminal appellate lawyers
criminal defense lawyers
criminal law
criteria, admissions process
criteria for assessing schools
alumni as
career services as
class size as
clinical courses as
clubs as
competition and
cost of school as
courses as
curriculum and
debt load and
electives as
exchange programs and
external clinics and
externships and
facilities as
finances as
housing and
internationalization and
internships and
jobs and
joint degrees and
journals/societies and
learning environment as
lifestyles and
local connections and
location as
mission/philosophy of school as
national schools and
pedagogical issues
politics and
private vs. public practices and
professors as
program of school as
quality of life and
quality of school
rankings and
reputation as
safety of school as
semesters vs. quarters as
size of school as
social issues and
spouses and
student body and
student-faculty relations as
subject focus and
teaching quality as
technology as
term length as
tuition as
workload as
See also choosing right law school; rankings; visiting law schools
criticisms
of essays
during interviews
CrunchTime series
crusader marketing theme
cultural diversity, essay theme
Curll, Joyce (Harvard)
curriculum. See classes; courses
curriculum vitae (CV)

deadlines, application
See also timetable for application
Deal, Faye (Stanford)
deans, admissions. See admissions deans
deans’ letter, on rankings
dean’s letter, recommendations
debates, pre-law advising and
debate team
debriefings
admissions deans on
after denial
after interviews
debt
covenants
load
See also financing your law degree
decision-making process
admissions process
age/experience impact on
differences among schools in
early decision and
early transfer application programs
extracurricular activities impact on
financial aid and
recommenders informed on
transfers and
decision sciences courses
dedicated toiler marketing theme
deferrals
admissions deans on
application
applying to other schools after
timing for
for work experience
degree abroad. See foreign study
denial
appeals
blank slate after
debriefings after
new information after
reapplying after
thank-yous for debriefers
Denver. See University of Denver
departmental prizes
departmental rankings
dependent/independent children
deposits, sending in
desire to attend school, wait-listing/denial and
detail, attention to
differences among schools
difficult issues, recommendations
direct costs
directors, admissions. See admissions directors
disabilities. See accommodated testing, for LSAT; handicapped applicants
disadvantaged applicants
dissatisfaction, with law
diversity among students
ABA and
essay example
minorities and
diversity essays
divorces, foreign law study and
doctoral level
See also PhD
Doctors Without Borders
“dog-and-pony shows,”
do-gooder applicants
donations, to schools
Dorzback, Irene (NYU)
drafts
of essays
of recommendations
drinking problems. See Alcoholics Anonymous; misconduct
Duke
admissions advocacy
application forms
application timetable
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early application option
early decision
essays
exchange programs
extra materials submission
financing degree
foreign applicants at
international students
JD-LLM
joint degrees
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
quality of life
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
school choice
summer earnings
term-time earnings
transfers
waiting to apply
wait-listing
Dust Tracks on a Road (Hurston)

early action option
early application option
early decision, binding/nonbinding
early transfer application programs
earnings
See also jobs; salaries; term-time work
economics
courses
degrees
major applicants
master’s degree in
Economic Way of Thinking, The (Heyne)
editing, essays
editors, of law review
Educational Testing Services (ETS)
education law
elective courses
Elements of Style, The (Strunk and White)
Ellison, Ralph
Elwork, Amiram
email account
Emanuel series
Emory
admissions advocacy
essays
LRAP
LSAT
rankings
transfers
employers
accelerated graduation and
financial aid from
on foreign degrees
on grades
ideal law student
interviews and
joint degrees and
on lawyers
rankings and
recommendations from
recruitment
on schools
on skills/career development
employment
goals, revising
history, gaps/weaknesses in
lateral movement, school choice and
possibilities in law
ending interviews
engineer applicants
engineering major applicants
enrollment timetable
environmental law
Environmental Law Journal
environmental law society
Equal Justice Works (NAPIL)
Equifax
essay portion, of LSAT
essay themes
accomplishments and
addendum
admissions deans
age/experience and
analytical skills in
career
character as
contribution to school or legal profession as
diversity essays
ethical dilemma as
ethnic background as
extra essays
formation of character as
handicapped applicants and
hard-luck story as
immersion in unknown as
interest in school as
job description, current
law career as
leadership as
LSAT score as
mentors as
mistakes, learning from
obstacles, overcoming
organization (student) leadership as
people vs. profit as
poor performance explanation
positioning and
project experience as
recommendations and
school interest as
self-awareness as
showing thinking as
story-telling
strengths and weaknesses
student club leadership as
tailoring to school
taking advantage as
teamwork as
timetable for application and
topic choice
for transfers
unusual backgrounds/childhood as
essay writing
admissions process and
audience for
body for
compassion in
conclusion for
content, revising for
critiques of
detail, attention to
drafts
editing
elements of good
examples
extracurricular activities and
first person (“I”)
flow, revising
grammar in
humor in
introduction for
length of essays
lying
main ideas and
marketing yourself and
mistakes in
number of essays and
organization and
outlines for
paragraphs, revising
personal attributes in
planning for
precision for
as problem area
proofreading
punctuation
quotations
reading aloud
resources for
résumés and
reusing essays
revisions
sentence construction for
showing vs. telling for
simplicity for
spelling in
style for
timetable
timing
tips for
tone for
transitions in
word choice in
work experience and
writer’s block, avoiding
See also Montauk, Richard
ethical dilemma, essay theme
ethics questions
ethnic background essay
ethnic diversity, essay theme
ethnic groups
ETS. See Educational Testing Services
European universities
evaluation
of career futures
of financial aid
forms, interview
of law career
of transfers
of work experience
evidence classes
examples
essays
recommendations
résumés
exam(s)
-taking skills
visiting schools during
See also bar exams
exchange programs
financial aid policies
school assessment and
transfers and
exercise, importance of
expected (family) contribution
Experian (TRW)
experience
See also work experience
experienced professional applicants
external clinics
externships
extracurricular activities
admissions committees/deans on
admissions process and
involvement depth in
leadership skills
teamwork skills
during third year
two dimensions in
unusual
work experience vs.
See also clubs; community service
extroverted candidates
extroverts vs. introverts

Facebook
facilities, of schools
faculty
on admissions committee
books by
information on
open-door policy
resources rankings
-student ratio
students’ relations with
See also professors
FAFSA. See Free Application for Federal Student Aid
family law
career development and
classes for
foreign law study and
networking and
FAN. See Financial Aid Notification
Farrakhan, Louis
federal government loans
Federal Perkins Loans
Federal Subsidized/Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
fees
for filing applications
loan
felony convictions
field placement programs
Fierce Attachments (Gornick)
file assignments, admissions officers
file folders, for schools
filing applications
filing income taxes
finance applicants
finance courses
Financial Aid Notification (FAN)
financial aid policies
admissions/financial aid deans on
child-rearing expenses and
early decision and
employers and
for exchange programs/third-year matriculants
on independence from parents
for international applicants
matching programs
pre-law advising and
on residency
timetable for application
for transfers
visiting schools and
wait-listing and
work during law school impact on
Financial Aid PROFILE
financing your law degree
accelerated graduation
asset-shuffling games and
bargaining and
cost calculation for
credit history and
debt and
direct/indirect costs of
expected (family) contribution and
FAFSA
Financial Aid PROFILE
with grants
with loans
Need Access application
parents and
peer matching program
pre-law advising and
quality of school and
resources for
saving money for
school assessment and
spouses and
strategies for
timetable
top law schools and
“what if ” games
with work-study
See also financial aid policies; jobs
first person (“I”), in essays
first year law school
described
school assessment and
time management and
fit in-stand out problem, in marketing
flexibility, from top law schools
Florida. See University of Florida
Florida State University
flow, of essays
flunking out
follow-up
after interviews
for recommendations
See also debriefings; thank-you notes
Fordham
foreign environment essays
foreign students
See also international applicants
foreign study
admissions deans on
as essay theme
joint degrees
law programs
LLM degrees
scholarships for
See also civil code system; common law system; exchange programs; transfers
formal concentrations, in law school
formation of character, essay theme
format, of interviews
forms
application
interview evaluation
“For People of Color,”
France
Francis, Mac (Indiana)
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
friendly chat interviews
full-time vs. adjunct professors
full-time vs. part-time programs
functionary applicants
Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid

Gabriel, Michael (George Washington)
“games” section, LSAT
gaps/weaknesses
in academic record
in employment history
gay students
Geiger, Rick (Cornell)
gender, recommendations and
generalists
general vs. specific positioning
George Mason
Georgetown
admissions process
application timetable
credentials
deferrals
early application option
early decision
essays
exchange programs
financing degree
first year courses, “Curriculum B,”
Gilbert & Sullivan Society
grants
international students
interviews
joint degrees
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
part-time program
pre-law advising
publications
public service scholarships
rankings
reapplying
reciprocity
recommendations
school choice
summer earnings
tax courses
term-time earnings
transfers
wait-listing
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal
Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law
Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy
Georgetown Law Journal
George Washington
appeals
credentials
deferrals
diversity
early application option
early decision
essays
financing degree
index numbers
international students
interviews
James M.
jobs
law as career
law school directly from college
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
part-time program
pre-law advising
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
résumés
school choice
self-assessment
summer earnings
term-time earnings
third-year matriculants
transfers
wait-listing
Georgia. See University of Georgia
Germany
Gilbert series
Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Gillespie, Catherine (Virginia)
Givans, Julie (Arizona State)
glamour of law
globalization. See internationalization
GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
goals
career development
changes in
law career
questions on
revising
school choice and
Goldberg, Natalie
Golden Gate University
Google
Gornick, Vivian
Gottschalk, Katherine (Michigan)
governmental agencies
academic credit for work in
litigation for
LRAP and
salaries at
GPAs (grade-point averages)
academic record and
in admissions process
of minorities
rankings and
grace periods, loan
grade-point averages. See GPAs
grades
admissions deans on LSAT and
conversion
employers on
financial aid and
graduate school
inflation
for international applicants
law review and
in law schools
policy, by colleges
timetable for application and
transfers and
undergraduate
graduate degrees. See LLM degrees
Graduate PLUS Loan
graduate record
See also academic record; Master’s degrees
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
graduate school
grades and
legacies and
graduate student applicants
grammar
in essays
during interviews
grants
financing with
merit
need-based
outside
Greenpeace
“groupthink,”
guest speakers
Guindi, Susan (Michigan)

Haire, Rob (Georgia)
handbooks, pre-law
handicapped applicants
hard-luck story essay
Harries, Garth
Harvard
acceptance to
admissions advocacy
admissions process
alternatives to LSAT
assumptions about law
attrition rate
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early application option
earnings (median) from
electives
essays
exchange programs
financing degree
international students
interviews
joint degrees
journals
Lisa and
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
own schools
part-time program (none)
politics
pre-law advising
rankings
reciprocity
recommendations
recruitment
scholarships
school choice and
status from
summer earnings
Summer School writing course
term-time earnings
transfers
waiting to apply
wait-listing
Hastings
index numbers
recommendations
residency
transfer from
health law courses
health, LSAT and
HEC (French business school)
Helbig, Suzanne (Berkeley)
helping people, law career and
Hemingway, Ernest
Hennes, Nancy (Washington)
Heymann, Jane (Wisconsin)
Heyne, Paul
“hidden” interviews
history major applicants
Hitchens, Christopher
honors
See also awards
Hopson, Steve (Virginia)
housing
How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs (Montauk)
Hoye, William (Duke)
human resources applicants
humble jobs
humor
in essays
in interviews
Hurston, Zora Neale
hypothetical vs. “real” cases

ideal law student
Illinois
early application option
essays
rankings
recommendations
transfers
immersion in unknown, essay theme
immigrant applicants
impressions, after school visits
improving
academic record
admissions chances
credentials
income, LRAPs and
income taxes, filing
independence from parents, financial aid and
index numbers
Indiana University
accelerated graduation
assumptions about law
clerkships
essays
joint degrees
rankings
transfers
industry associations
information gathering
marketing yourself
school choice
information, new
during administrative hold
after denial
during wait-listing
information sessions
Ingram, Monica (Texas)
inherent truths
inside information, pre-law advising
intangibles, from top law schools
intellectual property law
interest in school, essay theme
interest-rates and loans
interests
fit and
law career and
reaffirming, in school
school choice and
international applicants
academic record and
acceptance and
admissions deans on
admissions policies for
credentials
financial aid policies for
grades for
LLM degrees
LSAT and
marketing and
rankings for
recommendations and
as special cases
special difficulties for
timetable for
transcripts for
visas for
See also immigrant applicants; TOEFL
international degrees
internationalization
international law
international tax law
Internet law
internships
accelerated graduation and
pre-law office
public interest
interviews
admissions deans on
with admissions officers
admissions process
with alumni
appearance for
attitudes during
behavior
body language
checklist
choice of
debriefing after
employers and
ending
evaluation forms
format of
friendly chats
general rules for
“hidden,”
incompetent interviewers
interruptions during
key events description during
length of
location of
marketing yourself and
mistakes during
mock
objectives for
panel
positioning and
practicing for
preparing for
reading interviewer during
reciprocity and
recollecting thoughts during
relaxation for
requesting
in restaurants
résumés and
special types of
speech during
stress
with students
telephone
thank-you notes after
timetable for
visiting schools and
wreckers
“yields” and
See also Montauk, Richard; questions for interviews
introduction, for essays
introverts vs. extroverts
investigation. See research
investment banks
In Vino Veritas clubs
involvement, depth of
Iowa
IRS (International Revenue Service)
Iwerebon, Nkonye (Columbia)

James M. (essayist)
Japan
JD (Juris Doctor) degrees
curricular organization of program
LLM degrees and
vs. multipurpose degree
part-time vs. full-time
school choice and
value of
JD-MA
JD-MAAS (Arab Studies)
JD-MAGES (German & European Studies)
JD-Maîtrise en Droit (France)
JD-MALAS (Latin American Studies)
JD-MA (Philosophy)
JD-MAREES (Russian & Eastern European Studies)
JD-MASSP (Security Studies)
JD-MBA
JD-M.LL.prax (Germany)
JD-MPP (Public Policy)
JD-MS
JD-MSFS (Foreign Service)
JD-PhDs
jobs
in admissions process
description, current
through faculty
during law school
leaving/resigning
low-paying, financing degree and
make-work positions
part-time
related to law
school assessment
shadowing
summer
transfers and
See also career; earnings; employers; employment; managing partners; placement success rankings; salaries; work experience
joint degrees
accelerated graduation
admissions deans on
business schools and
choosing a program
considerations for
courses
described
employers and
GMAT for
LRAP and
LSAT
marketing yourself
popularity of
quality of
rankings
school assessment
shorter programs
transfers and
tuition
work experience and
journalist applicants
journals
pre-law student
professional
societies and
student
judges, internships for
judgment, in recommendations
judicial clerkships
See also Supreme Court
Julie (essayist)

Kansas. See University of Kansas
Kellogg
Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity (KLEO) Program
key events description, interviews
Khrushchev, Nikita
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Kleinrock, Kenneth (NYU)

labor law
Lamott, Anne
language major applicants
languages
Larson, Janelle (Minnesota)
lateral movement, employment and
Law and Economics (Cooter and Ulen)
law camps
law career
arguing and
assumptions about
beginning practice
business vs.
changing to other fields
dissatisfaction with
earnings
employment possibilities in
as essay theme
evaluating
fields within
as genteel profession
as glamorous
goals and
helping people and
hours in
interests and
jobs related to
loans and
needs assessment for
numbers, facility with
options
paralegals and
parents and
personality traits and
poor reasons for entering
questions on
researching
resources for
risks of
self-assessment
seminars
skills and
specialties within
values and
work experience
See also goals; law schools; specialties
law firm management courses
Law Firms’ Yellow Book
Law & Policy in International Business
law professor goals
law review
accelerated graduation and
grades and
joint degrees and
transfers and
Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
applications from website
LSAC evaluations
MILE Project
transfers
Law School Admission Test (LSAT)
accommodated testing for
admissions deans on
admissions process
alternatives to LSAT
analytical reasoning section of
contact information/registering for
defined
essay portion of
“games” section of
health and
international applicants
joint degrees
logical reasoning section of
Manhattan LSAT prep firm
of minorities
multiple-choice sections of
preparation for/practice tests
rankings and
reading comprehension section of
retaking
scores
testing sites
timetable for
wild card section of
writing sample
Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS)
law schools
advocacy groups
alternatives to
boredom in
Canadian
case method (Socratic Method) of teaching
“cite-checking,”
civil procedure
clinical programs
clinical studies (situation-based) teaching
“cold calling” students
constitutional law
contracts
courses outside
courses required in
criminal law
directly from college
dislike of
employers on
exams
externships
field placement programs
first year
formal concentrations in
forums
full-time vs. part-time
grading
“groupthink,”
internships
In Vino Veritas clubs
joint degrees
lecture teaching method
legal research and writing
as long-term investment
men to women ratio
note-taking
Order of the Coif
parties
pre-law advising on preparing for
preparing for
as prerequisite for bar admission
professional responsibility
property law
publications in
reasons for attending
reasons to avoid
second year
seminars
social life
special interest groups
student body
student participation in
third year
thrown out of
time management in
time off between college and
torts
workload in
See also admissions process; choosing right law school; criteria for assessing schools; financing your law degree; law schools, getting most out of; loans; marketing yourself; Montauk, Richard; rankings; teaching law; top law schools; visiting law schools
law schools, getting most out of
career development/goals and
through career services
classmates/faculty and
networking, social life and
stress control and
student organizations and
time management and
See also acceptance to law school; Montauk, Richard
Law Services
See also Law School Admission Council
leadership, essay theme
leadership skills
in admissions process
as essay theme
extracurricular activities
pre-professional clubs
recommendations
in work experience
learning environment, school choice and
lecture teaching method
legacies
Legal Aid Society
Legalines
legal issues, questions on
legal journalism
legal potential, in admissions process
legal reasoning skills
legal research and writing
legal system, essay theme
legal work experience. See law career; work experience
legal writing skills
legislative aides
length
essays
interviews
recommendations
term, school assessment and
LIBOR (London interbank offer rate)
libraries
license, to practice law
life challanges, essay theme
lifestyles
financing degree and
school assessment and
Lifetime Learning Credit
likely questions, interviews
“likely” schools
Lisa (essayist)
listservs
literature major applicants
litigation
career development and
clerkships and
commercial
Lively, Penelope
LLM (Master of Laws) degrees
Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAPs)
loans
cancellation of
cosigners, for foreign applicants
defaulting on
Federal Perkins
law career and
private
repaying on
subsidized/unsubsidized
timetable for
local connections
location
of interviews
school assessment and
trade-off, part-time jobs and
logical reasoning section, LSAT
London interbank offer rate. See LIBOR
London School of Economics (LSE)
Lopez Springfield, Consuelo (Wisconsin)
lower-tier schools
LRAPs. See Loan Repayment Assistance Programs
LSAC. See Law School Admission Council
LSAT. See Law School Admission Test
LSAT & LSDAS Registration & Information Book
LSDAS. See Law School Data Assembly Service
LSE. See London School of Economics
lumpy data, for rankings
lying
on essays
in interviews

Machiavelli
MacKinnon, Catharine
main ideas, for essays
Maîtrise en Droit (France)
majors
academic record impacted by
LSAT and
second
undergraduate, applicants
managing partners
Mandela, Nelson
Manhattan LSAT prep firm
Mankiw, N. Gregory
marketing degrees
marketing yourself
admissions deans on
admissions directors on
age impact on
competition and
credentials and
essays and
fit in-stand out problem in
international applicants
interviews
joint degrees
message consistency in
Personal Organizer
positioning and
recommendations
reward/risk ratio
special cases and
strategy for
strengths/weaknesses
themes for
timetable for application and
transfers and
work experience impact on
See also academic record; admissions process; credentials; extracurricular activities; Law School Admission Test (LSAT); Montauk, Richard; questions for interviews
married students
financing degree and
residency and
See also spouses
Maryland. See University of Maryland
Master’s degrees
in economics
JD-MBA
See also LLM degrees; MBAs
mathematics major applicants
Mazzarrella, Elayne (Yale)
MBAs
JD and
value of
McPhee, John
mediation
Meeker, Derek (Penn)
meetings
See also interviews
men
appearance for interviews
to women ratio
Mennonite
mentors
as essay theme
programs, law student
merit grants
Miami
Michigan. See University of Michigan
microeconomics
mid-career applicants
military
independence from parents and
officer applicants
Milligan, Jim (Columbia)
Minnesota. See University of Minnesota
minority students
diversity and
LSAT
scholarships for
as special cases
See also ethnic groups
misconduct
mission/philosophy of school
Missouri. See University of Missouri
mistakes
avoiding, school choice and
in essays
during interviews
learning from, as essay theme
MIT
M.LL.prax (Germany)
mock exams
mock financial calculations
mock interviews
Mock, Sara (Florida)
mock sessions
mock trials
Montauk, Richard, JD
on application process
on career management
consulting with
contact information
on essay writing
How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs
on interviews
matching applicants with law schools
presentations by
on recommendations
workshops by
moot courts
Moran-O’Neil, Nicole (San Diego)
Morton, Todd (Vanderbilt)
Moveable Feast, A (Hemingway)
Multipurpose degree, JD vs.

Nabokov, Vladimir
NALP Diversity Initiatives
NALP Guide to Legal Specialties
NAPIL. See Equal Justice Works
National schools
Need Access application
need-based educational loans
need-based grants
needs assessment
exchange programs/matriculants
for law career
rankings and
school choice and
negotiation
networking
alumni
family law and
getting most out of school
top law schools and
newsletters, pre-law
newspapers
New York University (NYU)
admissions process
alternatives to LSAT
appeals
application forms
bar exam
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
dissatisfaction with law
early application option
early decision
essays
exchange programs
extra materials submission
financing degree
international students
interviews
joint degrees
law as career
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
MBA program
part-time jobs
public service scholarships
rankings
recommendations
recruitment
school choice
self-assessment
summer earnings
taxation law
term-time earnings
third-year matriculants
top law schools
transfers
wait-listing
work experience
Noah (essayist)
noncustodial parents
non-law employers, recruiting on campus
nonprofits, salaries at
nonverbal messages. See body language
North Carolina. See University of North Carolina
Northwestern
accelerated graduation
admissions process
alternatives to LSAT
appeals
application timetable
bar exam
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early application option
early decision
essays
exchange programs
financing degree
foreign applicants at
international students
interviews
jobs and
joint degrees
legacies at
LRAP
LSAT
managerial skills
marketing yourself
MBA program
as peer school
placement success
pre-law advising
program length and timing
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
school choice
summer earnings
Taxation Program
term-time earnings
transfers
wait-listing
See also Kellogg
note-taking
Notre Dame
clerkships
early action option
early graduation
essays
financing degree
LSAT
rankings
recommendations
transfers
number(s)
of essays and
facility with
game, wait-listing as
index
of recommendations
of schools for application
nutrition, importance of
NYU. See New York University

objective data, admissions and
objectives, for interviews
Ohio State University-Oxford University Pre-Law Program
older applicants
Oldham, Tatem (Texas)
Oleander, Jacaranda (Lively)
on-campus recruiting
One L (Turow)
one-size-fits-all recommendations
on-line chat room discussions
online profile, cleaning up
open-ended questions
for essays
for interviews
opportunity cost
oppportunity cost
optimists vs. pessimists
oral communication
See also public speaking
Order of the Coif (top 10%)
organization
essays and
LSAT and
Personal Organizer
organization leadership, essay theme
outlines
for essays
getting most out of school with
for recommendations
Out of Egypt (Aciman)
outside grants
Oxford University

PAD. See Phi Alpha Delta
Palmer, Susan (Virginia)
panel interviews
panels, pre-law
Paper Chase, The
paragraphs, revising essay
paralegals
parents
financial independence
financing degree and
law career and
legacies and
noncustodial, assessment of
parties, law school
part-time jobs
location trade-off and
See also term-time work
part-time vs. full-time programs
passion, commitment, balance and
patent law
Peace Corps
pedagogical issues
peer rankings
peer schools
Penn/Pennsylvania. See University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
perfectionism
Perkins Loans. See Federal Perkins Loans
Perry, Ann Killian (Chicago)
personal activities
personal attributes
in admissions process
in essays
personal interview questions
personality traits, law career and
Personal Organizer
for essays
personal statements
admissions process and
pre-law advising and
See also essay themes; essay writing
persuasive essay. See essay writing
pessimists vs. optimists
PhD
Phi Alpha Delta (PAD)
Phi Beta Kappa
philosophy major applicants
phone interviews
photographer applicants
physical preparations, interviews
Pittard, Noah
placement success rankings
PLUS Programs
politeness/etiquette
political science
courses
major applicants
politics
degrees in
minorities and
school assessment and
polyglot marketing theme
poor performance explanation, in essays
poor reasons, entering law career
positioning
through community service
essays and
general vs. specific
interviews and
marketing yourself and
through profession
recommendations and
statement
“possible” schools
post-application period
Post, Renée (Penn)
practice of law
hands-on experience in
private vs. public
practicing interviews
practitioners, contacting
precision, for essays
prejudices, visiting schools and
pre-law activities
pre-law advising
alumni and
financial information and
getting most out of
seeking help outside
timing for
visiting schools and
websites
pre-law advisors
on admissions/advisor advocacy
backgrounds of
on college experience
on going directly from college to law school
on making most of pre-law services
roles of
on testing students’ assumptions about law
toolkit for
pre-law courses
pre-law societies
Pre-law Summer Institute for American Indians and Alaska Natives, The
preparation
for law school
for LSAT
pre-professional clubs
pre-professional subjects, academic record impacted by
presentations by Montauk, Richard
prestige
presumptive admits/rejects
Princeton
Prison Legal Assistance Projects
private loans
private vs. public practices
private vs. public schools, tuition for
private vs. state schools, index numbers
problem areas
essay writing as
timetable for
pro bono work
professional promise
professional responsibility
professional success, recommendations and
professors
behavior and recommendation
benefiting others and recommendation
full-time vs. adjunct
law, goals for
recommendations from
research for
sabbaticals
school assessment and
visiting schools and
profile (online), cleaning up
program of school
project experience
description of, during interviews
as essay theme
proofreading, essays
property law
psychology courses
psychology major applicants
publications
on legal issues
pre-law
school choice and
See also journals
public interest applicants
public interest law
community service and
as essay theme
goals
public interest organizations
academic credit for work in
internships at
loans and
salary at
snobbery of
work in
public service scholarships
public speaking
public vs. private schools
See also state schools
published, getting
punctuation, in essays
Pyszka, Gloria (Stanford)

qualifications, in recommendations
“quality assessment,” rankings and
quality of life
quality of school
academic record impacted by
in admissions process
financing degree and
school assessment and
quarters vs. semesters
Queen, Jon
questions
recommendations answering
for visiting schools
questions for interviews–400, 402–4
on academic record
on college education
on law interest/goals
on legal issues
likely
open-ended
personal
on work experience
quid pro quo, reciprocity as
quotations, in essays

racial diversity, essay theme
racial groups
Rakoff, Dena (Harvard)
rankings
absolute vs. relative data and
admissions deans on
consensus view for
controversy
deans’ letter
departmental
earnings and
faculty resources
GPAs and
grades, transfers and
index numbers and
for international applicants
joint-degree
judicial clerkships
LSAT and
lumpy data for
managing partners and
needs and
other possible
peer
placement success
“quality assessment,”
recruitment and
reputation
reversal of
salary, median
school assessment and
student selectivity
Supreme Court clerkships and
using
by U.S. News & World Report
wait-listing and
warnings about
See also choosing right law school; criteria for assessing schools
Ravid, Jeanne (Northwestern)
Rayburn, Sam
Rayman, Barbara (Penn State)
reading comprehension section, LSAT
reading interviewers
reading novels about lawyers
Reagan, Ronald
reapplications
after deferrals
essay for
Rebstock, Don (Northwestern)
reciprocity, of career services
recollecting thoughts, during interviews
recommendations
accomplishments in
admissions deans on
admissions process and
approaching recommenders
brains and
briefing sessions for recommenders
character and
choosing recommenders
from community service
credentials and
dean’s letter
difficult issues and
drafts of
from employers
essays and
examples of
follow-up for
international applicants and
judgment in
leadership skills and
length of
marketing yourself and
number of
one-size-fits-all
outlines for
positioning and
professional success and
from professors
qualifications in
questions answered in
special circumstances in
story-telling in
submitting
thank-yous for
timetable for
value of
work experience and
writing own
See also marketing yourself; Montauk, Richard
recruitment
non-law
on-campus
rankings and
registering for LSAT
Reid, Chloe T. (USC)
rejection
See also denial
relative vs. absolute data, rankings
relaxation, for interviews
religious activities
repayment, of loans
Reporter, The
representation, minorities and
representatives of schools, meeting
reputation
of American schools
financial aid and
rankings
school assessment and
of top law schools
transfer for
requesting interviews
required courses
research
of law career
methodology
for professors
school choice and
writing skills and
residency
resigning, from jobs
restaurants, interviews in
résumés
admissions deans on
career services help with
essays and
examples of
interviews and
recommendations and
review
revising
writing
See also curriculum vitae
retaking LSAT
reusing essays
revisions
essays
goals
reward/risk ratio
essays and
marketing and
Richard, Anne (George Washington)
risks, of law career
risk taker marketing theme
Road from Coorain, The (Conway)
Robinson, Susan (Stanford)
Rohleder-Sook, Wendy (Kansas)
role models, minorities as
rolling admissions
Roma (gypsies)
Rosselot, Elizabeth (Boston College)
Rowling, J. K.
Rubenstein, Josh (Harvard)
Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers Are Getting Out of the Profession (Arron)
Rutgers University

safety of school
“safety” schools
salaries
at public interest organizations
rankings and
sales applicants
San Diego. See University of California at San Diego
Santa Cruz. See University of California at Santa Cruz
SAT
scholarships
for foreign study
for LSAT prep
minority
public service
resources for
See also grants
school interest, essay theme
schools, target
See also law schools; top law schools
Schwartz, Rob (UCLA)
scientist applicants
scores
LSAT
TOEFL
second choice schools
See also lower-tier schools
second year law school
described
resident status in
school assessment and
time management and
work during
secretary applicants
securities law
self-assessment
career services on
for law career
school choice and
work experience and
semesters vs. quarters
seminars
exam-writing
law career
law school
senior citizens, volunteering with
seniors, college
essays by
sentence construction, for essays
Seton Hall University School of Law
Severn, Karen (Texas A&M)
sexual orientation, as minority
Shabi, Oluwabunmi
shadowing, job
Shaffer, Greg (Maryland)
showing vs. telling, for essays
simplicity, for essays
Simpson, Paul
sites, LSAT testing
situation-based teaching method
size
of classes
of schools
skills
analytical
for law career
study
teamwork
writing
sleep, importance of
snobbery, top law schools and
sociable types
social issues, school assessment
social life, in law school
societies
pre-law
Socratic Method (case method)
soft skills
Southern California. See University of Southern California
Speak, Memory (Nabokov)
special cases
international applicants as
legacies
minorities
misconduct
residency
special circumstances, influencing academic record
special interest groups
special interviews
specialties
generalists vs.
rankings by
See also specific specialties
special types of interviews
specific vs. general positioning
speech during interviews
spelling, in essays
spending, keeping under control
sports
spouses
exchange programs/matriculants and
financing degree and
social life and
transfers and
Stafford Loans. See Federal Subsidized/Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
standard admissions model
standardized exams
stand out-fit in problem, in marketing
Stanford
admissions process
alternatives to LSAT
Brest, Paul
clerkships
credentials
dissatisfaction with law
early application option
essays
exchange programs
financing degree
GPA
intellectual property courses
international students
interviews
joint degrees
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
paralegals
part-time program (none)
poor reasons for law career
pre-law services
public service scholarships
rankings
recommendations
recruitment
self-assessment
summer earnings
tax courses
term-time earnings
transfers
waiting to apply
wait-listing
work experience
starting own business
state schools
credit hours and
private vs., on index numbers
residency and
statistics courses
status
quality and, public perception of
from top law schools
story-telling
in essays
hard-luck story
in recommendations
strategies
consulting
for financing degree
for marketing yourself
See also Montauk, Richard
strengths and weaknesses
as essay theme
interviews and
marketing yourself
school choice and
See also weaknesses
stress
controlling
interviews
Stress Management for Lawyers: How to Increase Personal and Professional Satisfaction in the Law (Elwork)
“stretches” schools
Struck, Heather (Binghamton)
Strunk, William, Jr.
student body
student club leadership, essay theme
students
“cold calling,”
expenditures for
-faculty ratio
faculty relations with
interviews with
organizations
selectivity rankings
societies
talking to
telephone directory
See also classmates; diversity among students
study abroad. See foreign study
study-group sessions
study partners
study skills
stuttering
style, for essays
subject(s)
focus, school choice and
pre-professional
submitting recommendations
substantive law courses
success
placement, rankings
professional, recommendations and
Sum and Substance series
summa cum laude
summer
courses
jobs
start program, Michigan’s
Supreme Court
cases, debates of
clerkships
survivor marketing theme

tailoring essay themes
target schools
taxes
courses
deductibility, of law degree
tax law
international
tax lawyers
Tax Lawyer, The
teacher applicants
Teach for America
teaching law
clerkships and
at law schools
methods
teaching quality
teamwork
as essay theme
skills
technology, school assessment and
telephone interviews
TelScore
Temple
Tennessee Institute for Pre-Law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
term length
term-time work
assessment of
See also jobs
Test of English as a Foreign Language. See TOEFL
tests. See exam(s); Law School Admission Test (LSAT); TOEFL
Texas. See University of Texas
Texas A&M
thank-you notes
after interviews
for debriefers
for recommendations
after visiting schools
themes, marketing
See also essay themes
theses
advisor
description of, during interviews
published
third year law school
described
school assessment and
time management and
work during
third-year matriculants (visiting students)
Thrasher, Fred (Career Services, George Washington)
time management
time-off applicants
timetable for application
admissions deans on
admissions process and
complicated/complex candidate
“cookie-cutter” candidate
credential improvement and
early application
early decision
early transfer application programs
email account and
essays and
financial aid and
for international applicants
for interviews
late application
for loans
LSAT and
Personal Organizer and
positioning statement and
problem areas
recommendations
TOEFL and
visiting schools and
timing
for deferrals
essay writing and
for financing degree
of misconduct
for pre-law advising
transfers and
for visiting schools
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
contact information for
credentials and
scores
timetable for
Tom, Edward (Berkeley) –54, 292, 294, 318, 328, 344, 429, 442, 449, 453
tone, for essays
topic choice, for essays
top law schools
admissions directors and
career choices from
career flexibility from
career services and
college vs. quality college degree
earnings from
financial considerations and
intangibles from
networking and
quality/reputation of
resources for
snobbery and
status from
value of
See also Montauk, Richard; specific law schools
Tori (essayist)
torts
tours, campus
trade-offs, location/part-time jobs
transactional lawyers
transcripts
building alternative
essays and
for international applicants
recommendations and
transfers
admissions deans on
decisions
essays for
evaluating
financial aid for
grades and
LRAP and
after one year at another school
rules for playing game
school choice and
from school of admission
after study abroad
third-year matriculants (visiting students)
timing and
transitions, in essays
transportation
Trans Union
Treasury Bill rate
trials
Trillin, Calvin
Trotskyite
Trujillo, Jason (Virginia)
Tuan (essayist)
tuition
accelerated graduation and
faculty resources and
for foreign law study
joint degrees
for private vs. public schools
See also financing your law degree
Tulane
Turnbull, Albert R. (Virginia)
Turow, Scott

UC Berkeley. See University of California at Berkeley
UC Davis. See University of California at Davis
UCLA. See University of California at Los Angeles
UC San Diego. See University of California at San Diego
UC Santa Cruz. See University of California at Santa Cruz
Ulen, Thomas
Ultimate Guide to Law Schools (U.S. News & World Report)
undergraduate major applicants
undergraduate record. See academic record
United States
Consular office
State Department
See also American schools, reputation of
United States Military Academy (Army)
University of Arizona
University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall)
application timetable
career center website
credentials
deferrals
early application option
essays
exchange program
extra materials submission
financing degree
Haas School of Business
International and Comparative Legal Studies Program
international students
jobs
law and technology
law school directly from college
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
matching programs
Michigan vs.
public interest and
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
residency
summer earnings
term-time earnings
third-year matriculants
transfers
wait-listing
University of California at Davis
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
admissions advocacy
admissions process
assumptions about law
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early application option
essays
exam-taking/writing course
exchange programs
externships
financing degree
international students
interviews
jobs
joint degrees
Law Fellows Outreach Program
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
as peer school
pre-law advising
rankings
recommendations
residency
school choice
summer earnings
term-time earnings
transfers
wait-listing
University of California at San Diego
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
admissions process
application timetable
bar exam
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early application option
early decision
essays
exchange programs/matriculants and
financial aid
financing degree
international students
interviews
law and economics
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
rankings
recommendations
résumés
school choice
summer earnings
term-time earnings
transfers
wait-listing
White, David P.
University of Connecticut
University of Denver
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Iowa College of Law
University of Kansas
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
accelerated graduation
admissions process
alternatives to LSAT
application timetable
Berkeley vs.
clerkships
Coupet, Sacha M.
courses in other departments
credentials
deferrals
on dissatisfaction with law
early application option
early decision
essays
exchange programs
extra materials submission
financial aid
financing degree
foreign study
grants
international students
interviews
joint degrees
law as career
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
program length and timing
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
residency
school choice
summer earnings
summer start program
term-time earnings
transfers
wait-listing
Wilson, Maura
work experience
University of Minnesota
assumptions about law
clerkships
early action option
early application option
early decision
LRAP
rankings
recommendations
transfers
University of Missouri
University of North Carolina
University of Pennsylvania
clerkships
Coupet, Sacha
courses in other departments
credentials
deferrals
diversity
early application option
early decision
essays
etiquette
exchange programs/matriculants
financing degree
international students
interviews
joint degrees
LRAP
LSAT
MBA program
public service scholarships
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
recruitment
school choice
summer earnings
term-time earnings
third-year matriculants
transfers
waiting to apply
wait-listing
work experience
University of San Diego
University of Southern California (USC)
accommodated testing
admissions process
application forms
application timetable
credentials
deferrals
diversity
early application option
early decision
essays
extra materials submission
financing degree
international students
interviews
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
rankings
recommendations
school choice
summer earnings
term-time earnings
transfers
wait-listing
University of Texas
accommodated testing
admissions process
appeals
assumptions about law
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early action option
early application option
early decision
at El Paso Law School Preparation Institute
essays
exchange programs
financial aid
financing degree
international students
interviews
joint degrees
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
matching programs
pre-law advising
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
residency
summer earnings
tax courses
term-time earnings
transfers
waiting to apply
wait-listing
University of Virginia
admissions process
appeals
assumptions about law
clerkships
courses on website
Crawford, Amy
credentials
deferrals
diversity
early application option
early decision
essays
exchange programs
extra materials submission
financing degree
international students
interviews
joint degrees
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
part-time earnings
part-time jobs
placement success
pre-law advising
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
residency
school choice
self-assessment
summer earnings
term-time earnings
transfers
wait-listing
University of Washington
clerkships
early application option
LRAP
LSAT
pre-law services
rankings
transfers
University of Wisconsin
admissions advocacy
assumptions about law
rankings
reciprocity
recommendations
work experience
unusual backgrounds of applicants
unusual extracurricular activities
USC. See University of Southern California
U.S. News & World Report

value(s)
law career and
of law degree
of life and work experience
of recommendations
of top law schools
of work experience
Vance, Rodia (Emory)
Vanderbilt
accommodated testing
admissions process
application forms
clerkships
credentials
deferrals
early application option
essays
extra materials submission
financing degree
international students
interviews
jobs
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
paralegals
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
school choice
summer earnings
term-time earnings
transfers
waiting to apply
wait-listing
Verrier, Jo-Ann (Penn)
Villanova University School of Law/Lincoln University
Virginia. See University of Virginia
visas, student
visiting, admissions offices
visiting law schools
admissions offices
career services
classes, sitting in on
financial aid office
impressions after
information sessions
interviews and
prejudices and
pre-law advising and
professors and
questions for
revisiting after acceptance
students, talking with
thank-you notes
things to note
timetable for
timing of visit
tours
See also choosing right law school; criteria for assessing schools
visiting students
vocabulary, legal
voicemail
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Programs
volunteerism
See also community service; crusader marketing theme; do-gooder applicants

wait-listing
acceptance and
admissions deans on
in admissions process
desire to attend school and
financial aid and
new information during
as numbers game
push to admit status
reject push to
timing and
See also admissions process
Walker, Verlaine (Arizona)
Washington. See University of Washington
weaknesses
explanations for
minorities’ academic
See also gaps/weaknesses
wealthy applicants
websites
applications from LSAC
courses on
for financing degree
pre-law
professor information on
school information on
Wharton
“what if ” games
White, David P.
White, E. B.
who you are, importance in admissions process
wild card section, LSAT
William & Mary
William Mitchell College of Law
Wilson, Gerald (Duke)
Wilson, Maura
Wisconsin. See University of Wisconsin
Woman Warrior, The (Kingston)
women
appearance for interviews
battered
diversity and
to men ratio
as minorities
word choice, in essays
work experience
academic record vs.
accomplishments and
achievement/impact through
admissions committees on
admissions deans on
admissions process and
applicants’
deferring attendance for
evaluation of
exchange programs/matriculants and
extracurricular activities vs.
gaps in
joint degrees and
law career and
marketability impacted by
paralegals
in public interest
questions on
recommendations and
self-assessment and
unrelated to law
unusual, as essay theme
value of
See also credentials; internships; résumés
workload, in law school
workshops by Montauk, Richard
workshops, pre-law
work-study
Wright, Kathy (Stanford)
writer applicant
writer’s block, avoiding
writing competition, law review
writing courses
Writing Down the Bones (Goldberg)
writing essays. See essay writing
writing project, independent
writing sample, LSAT
writing skills
See also essay writing; legal writing skills

Yale
admissions process
Antonio and
application timetable
Bill and
clerkships
credentials
credit for foreign study
deferrals
early application option
essays
etiquette
exchange programs/matriculants
financing degree
intellectual property courses
international students
jobs
joint degrees
law as career
LRAP
LSAT
marketing yourself
MBA program
paralegals
part-time program (none)
poor reasons for law career
pre-law services
rankings
reapplying
recommendations
résumés
school choice and
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies joint degree
self-assessment
summer earnings
tax courses
term-time earnings
transfers
wait-listing
work experience
Yeshiva
“yields” statistics
young applicants
See also seniors, college

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