Academic Publications and T14 Admissions

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• kpj744___ Alum Member

  January 2019 edited January 2019 231 karma

  @OtakuWeeaboo try listing it in your resume. That's where I listed publications anyway, on recommendation from Admissions office hour session.
• xenonhexafluoro Alum Member

  January 2019 edited January 2019 428 karma

  I have a scientific publication published by a peer-reviewed scientific journal and I just listed it in a publications section on my resume.

  Edit: Also I talked to a former student at duke who used to be a part of adcom there and he advised me to list my publications on my resume.
• msk12345 Alum Member

  January 2019 edited January 2019 247 karma

  If you wrote a thesis too, do a separate publications/thesis section. I put mine underneath my Education section. Put where it was published too and add context if that publication isn’t self explanatory. So they know it wasn’t published by like Spoon U or something like that.

  Edit: I have no idea how helpful this is for t-14 admissions. My guess is very marginally.
• Selene Steelman Free Trial Member Admissions Consultant

  January 2019 2037 karma

  If you have any publications in academic journals, newspapers, internet blogs, or have completed a thesis, you should add it in a publication section under Education. Make sure you cite the piece correctly (MLA style guide is online). Writing is a valuable skill to have and develop in law school. Any proof of your writing skill will generally be a positive addition to your application.
• BinghamtonDave Alum Member ⭐ 🍌🍌

  January 2019 8716 karma

  As to the question of to what extent this helps your application to T14, I'm not sure this is something that as a soft factor helps a ton, which is to say, outside of a "unicorn soft," is not a huge help to our chances at T14. The general consensus (from everything I have read) is that the single greatest contributing factors to one's chances at T14 are LSAT score and GPA. A soft factor like this certainly won't hurt, but for the vast, vast majority of ll applicants, T14 is a numbers game. So, I personally look at something like this certainly not as a negative, but if someone is below both 25ths, not the make or break aspect of one's application. If someone is a borderline candidate, this could be a contributing factor to admission.

  Full disclosure, I'm not an expert on admissions.