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Admissions · Why law? What's your story?

dyyaneva768

Tuesday, Jan 23 2018

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PMs my personal statement

Long story short I got to college and saw a lot of social injustices and inequities. I got involved in politics to help remedy them, and I want to go to law school to be a policymaker one day :smile:

Paul Caint for President 2024! You've got my vote.

Mine also!

Admissions · Personal Statement about How to Change the World (I know I know...)

dyyaneva768

Saturday, Aug 12 2017

Thank you all! This was actually a huge help :) Ugh... love this community.

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Friday, Aug 11 2017

dyyaneva768

Personal Statement about How to Change the World (I know I know...)

Hey 7Sagers!

Bringing up a touchy subject here, but I have been told to stay away from PS that talk about how to change the injustice/horrible world through law (in your PS). Does the same apply if you have personally gone through tough circumstances, poverty, or grew up in a country with such?

Further, I have been looking at many example essays (both admitted and rejected students) and it seems to me like many of the ADMITTED students talk about "securing rights and liberties for disadvantaged individuals" or "changing the world through law" aka making the world a better place. Now I realize there are a lot of different factors that can cause these individuals to be accepted, but nonetheless I couldn't help but notice a trend of these essays being admitted, when people are told to stay away from them...

Thoughts?

Admissions · Melbourne Juris Doctor v. Canada

dyyaneva768

Wednesday, May 10 2017

@ Thank you! I guess that involves me deciding the rest of my life hey... sweet :P I haven't made my mind up if I want Canada/Australia but I suppose after I get feedback from North American law schools I can weight the pros and cons of each.

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Tuesday, May 09 2017

dyyaneva768

Melbourne Juris Doctor v. Canada

Hey 7Sagers!

I just got my acceptance letters from both University of Melbourne (JD) and University of Sydney in Australia! These are the only two applications I have submitted so far, as North American ones do not open until August-November. I am planning to apply to North American ones as well once they open, but I was just wondering what your thoughts are on some of the pros and cons when deciding between a JD in Australia and one in Canada.

I am originally from Europe, so the "remote" location is not an issue for me and furthermore I am not sure whether I'd want to come back to Canada to practice once I'm done (I'm somewhat of a go-everywhere and explore everything type of person) but I am wondering if any of you have heard of grad-employment rates and whether they are better in Canada v. Australia, or other things such as harshness of grading scales, etc. Just anything that would help me with my choice really...

Thank you in advance everyone :)

General · what are you wearing on monday?

dyyaneva768

Thursday, Jun 08 2017

Little white keds, ripped jeans and a shirt that says "white wine all the time" - representative of how I studied.

Admissions · Letters of Recommendation

dyyaneva768

Sunday, Aug 06 2017

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In terms of submitting LOR to LSAC - once the professor gets the link, do they submit only one LOR and then we distribute the same letter to each law school?

Yes.

Or do they need to provide multiple/ tailor each LOR to the school...? Let's say you're applying to five, do you ask your professor for five? So lost....

No. They don't have to. If you want them to, they can.

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It's similar to transcripts. You only have to send one copy, and it will be distributed to the schools you apply to.

Thanks so much guys! Would it be preferable/advisory to get my professors to write multiple? Not sure what is commonplace here...

It's definitely not commonplace to get professors to write multiple letters. Most commonly students just get a standard LOR and submit them to all schools. What is a professors going to write differently in a LOR for Yale that she'd write different for Cornell? The only preferable way to have your prof tailor a LOR is maybe if they are an alum from the law school you're applying to or used to lecture there. Otherwise, just make their job easy and have them just write one standard LOR to send everywhere.

Totally! I agree and this is what I was thinking as well, but I thought I would double check. Thank you everyone :)

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Monday, Jun 05 2017

dyyaneva768

Wrong Logical Reasoning Questions

Hey 7Sagers,

While going through my tests, I have noticed that there is not a particular question/questions I get wrong on LR, which is a bit odd to me. For example, sometimes I will get NA, MBT, Resolve the Paradox questions wrong, and on another section it will be Sufficient Assumption, Weaken, and Evaluate. I am not sure if I am missing these due to rushing, or what another reason could be (since I get questions of the same type right in the section also), so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for me... or how I could possibly improve this :S

Happy Studying!

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Thursday, Oct 05 2017

dyyaneva768

Canadian Law School Scholarships

Hey guys, does anyone have any idea of approximately how big scholarships are for Canada? Average? I'm googling award recipients and can't seem to find much regarding the amount Canada gives. Don't want to get too specific, but for a student who is accepted into Ontario schools, just looking for a ballpark on what to expect

Admissions · Letters of Recommendation

dyyaneva768

Saturday, Aug 05 2017

@ said:

In terms of submitting LOR to LSAC - once the professor gets the link, do they submit only one LOR and then we distribute the same letter to each law school?

Yes.

Or do they need to provide multiple/ tailor each LOR to the school...? Let's say you're applying to five, do you ask your professor for five? So lost....

No. They don't have to. If you want them to, they can.

@ said:

It's similar to transcripts. You only have to send one copy, and it will be distributed to the schools you apply to.

Thanks so much guys! Would it be preferable/advisory to get my professors to write multiple? Not sure what is commonplace here...

General · Letters of Recommendation

dyyaneva768

Friday, Aug 04 2017

> @ said:

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> > Guys, this may be a dumb question but I am confused - do your profs only submit one LOR? And then you can choose for that letter to go to multiple schools? Or do they need to submit a LOR tailored specifically to each school ?

> Yes, they can just submit one which you can send to multiple schools. They do not have to tailor one for each specific school.

But is it more favourable/beneficial to ask them to write, say 5, each tailored to the specific school? Not sure what is common practice here sigh....

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Friday, Aug 04 2017

dyyaneva768

Letters of Recommendation

Hey 7Sagers!

In terms of submitting LOR to LSAC - once the professor gets the link, do they submit only one LOR and then we distribute the same letter to each law school? Or do they need to provide multiple/ tailor each LOR to the school...? Let's say you're applying to five, do you ask your professor for five? So lost....

Thanks YALL.

General · Letters of Recommendation

dyyaneva768

Friday, Aug 04 2017

Guys, this may be a dumb question but I am confused - do your profs only submit one LOR? And then you can choose for that letter to go to multiple schools? Or do they need to submit a LOR tailored specifically to each school ?

Admissions · Anyone want to exchange DS / PS essays for peer edits?

dyyaneva768

Monday, Sep 04 2017

Hey guys! Would love to get on board with this - plus it would be FUN reading others' - my email is dyyaneva@.ca if anyone wants to send me theirs, and I will take a look and revise and will send mine in return :)

Admissions · Melbourne Juris Doctor v. Canada

dyyaneva768

Monday, Sep 04 2017

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Hi goodbhaviour!

Congrats on your acceptances! I don't have any insights for you, but I am interested in this topic myself. Although I am originally from the US, I would be studying in Canada and hope to eventually practice in Australia. I am unsure if the Canadian JD will lend itself to work in AUS, but I am hoping to clarify this before beginning law school. Both locations are due to family constraints, so I don't have much flexibility. I will follow this thread in case other issues come to light!

Thanks.

Hi Hillary,

I have heard it is good to go to school wherever you want to practice, so if it is Australia you want to end up in, I would say choose Australia as a school and vice versa. I think getting a JD from either is great, and you most likely have to write some equivalency exams in the country you would be practicing in.