Like you I was advised to take a gap year, a judge even advised me to take a few gap YEARS! I wanted to get into law school as soon as possible but in hindsight I am glad I followed his advice. I worked at a few law firms and I now work at a T14 law…
I would advise contacting the law schools directly since they each have individual policies regarding applications with pending LSAT scores or applicants registered to take another exam. For example Yale wants you to apply only when you have all of …