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just curious!with the stress of the lsat coming up I wanted to hear some inspiration and potentially remind ourselves why we are taking this crazy test! Would lov…
... how old you are, what work experience or school background you have ... to want to go to law school :) I think sometimes we ... -
The 7Sage Reproductive Health Equity Scholarship7Sage Admissions is offering a reproductive health equity scholarship to one applicant with a demonstrable record of advocacy in the areas of women's…
... , and $500 toward their eventual law school tuition. To apply, please ... of your goals, aspirations, prior work experience, or any other contextualizing information ... -
How Much Does a Gap Year Affect Admissions?Hi everyone! I am a rising senior in undergraduate and am really hoping to go straight into law school. However, many advisors and peers have told me…
... hoping to go straight into law school. However, many advisors ... so technically I have legal work experience, but it is not " ... enough to count as legal work experience, or do I really ... are gap years with legal work experience really that important for admissions ... -
Early Decision advice - Columbia vs. NYUI need some advice. My two top (reach schools) are NYU and Columbia. I am deciding which to apply early decision to. For context I have a 3.9 GPA fro…
... , will have 3 years of work experience at a top management consulting ... law school (will go to biz school if it does not work ... -
Writing about highschool experiences within a personal essayHi everyone! I'm wondering what folks' perspectives/ advice would be on talking about highschool extracurricular involvement within a personal statem…
... list post-'high-school' involvement, work experience, etc. This question relates to ... broader lived experience and University involvement, my vision for law school, all ... it".
The specific experience I want to talk about ... -
Mentorship OpportunityHello 7Sage! I am a May 2023 University of Georgia School of Law graduate. I am offering myself as a resource for anyone interested. Feel free to …
... of Georgia School of Law graduate. I am offering ... and Latino civil rights work and advocacy—specifically, ... Judge and an Immigration Law Firm. In Fall 2L ... school, four years of work experience, and URM status. I ... a predetermined success in law school. For any ... -
7Sage Webinar: Applying to Top Law Schools––What Are They Looking For?Are you curious about how the application review processes work at different law schools within the T17? What do these law schools want to receive fr…
... application review processes work at different law schools within the ... , including Berkeley Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, University of ... Texas at Austin School of Law, and the University of ... Virginia School of Law. They'll be joined ... -
First-time applicant - adviceHey everyone, Would love any advice about how to strategically approach this application cycle. It's my first time so I'm a bit nervous. The goal is…
... to study technology law. I work full-time and ... generation law student
- 3 years full-time work experience (post ... - Earned a data privacy law certification from IAPP (organization for ... undergraduate research and TA experience, helped to develop ... -
advice for mid-career candidates?I'm curious if anyone has any advice for mid career professionals considering applying to law school. particularly does anyone have a sense of ho…
... career professionals considering applying to law school.
particularly does ... awhile? how they might view work experience compared with past academics?
work experience.
any insights are ... -
December 2013 LSATSo I have been studying since the beginning of August in hopes of taking the October LSAT. I work full time in a law firm and have a 2 hour commute. …
... of Arizona for their family law clinic.however, I need a ... friendly school
4. Whether work experience helps (I know it is ... into many arguments with several law students and applicants alike whether ... as to why to attend law school.
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Law School Applications - Extremely low GPAHello, I recently completed an undergraduate degree in mathematics (At McMaster University in Canada) and finished with a GPA of around 1.9. There ar…
... the former immediately applied for law school after having graduated from ... latter applied for law school after having accrued extensive work experience. The former ... -
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... and have no desires for big law nor do I care much ... , but it may very well work out okay for me thanks ... -
Missed bubble- retake?I took the LSAT last december (thanks to 7sage!) and scored 167. While my average on tests had been 165, I saw on my test results that I had actually…
... .
Ultimately, choosing a law school is about minimizing debt ... , that's fine. Get some work experience somewhere if you can, and ... -
Work ExperienceHey Everyone, I just graduated from University (April 2014) and am planning to write the LSAT September 2014. However, I will not be entering law …
... application, but having good work experience can certainly help as well ... job at a private/corporate law firm. I know one ... need to be in law school or you need too ... have a law degree).
... of other non-profit law firms out there as ... -
Interesting article about school rankingsToday I came across this article regarding school rankings in general. I have always been one (maybe because I live Canada) to say that people are WA…
For law:
1. Ignore U.S. ... on LST's employment scores. Law school is expensive, and paying ... are other options available (get work experience, retake the LSAT, etc).
law school solely through loans. Savings ... -
September vs December LSAT/ Scholarship vs Rankings.Hey, everyone, I'm kind of at a crossroads with LSAT prep and potentially where I should go to law school. I'd love to know what you guys think! …
... biggest factor in deciding which law school you get into and ... score could mean big money at a great school. Law schools will ... your goals are. if its big law or academia, then anything below ... to work in NY, then a regional king like Fordham Law would ... -
Law School Application ConcernHey fellow 7sagers! I'd love to hear some input regarding an issue that's been buggin' me for quite some time. So I completed my undergraduat…
... you are trying to start law school.
I would ... schools look at. Lack of work experience won't hurt you if ... -
Law School Application ConcernHey fellow 7sagers! I'd love to hear some input regarding an issue that's been buggin' me for quite some time. So I completed my undergraduat…
... of work experience would hardly make a dent on your application to law ... -
help advice needed for discouraged applicantWhere do I start? I began my LSAT studies in April of this year, with a diagnostic of 146. I felt discouraged but I felt hopeful. However...after tak…
... to law school as a college student. After graduating, getting work experience( ... lack work experience, etc...if you're coming out of law school ... with no prior work experience, I can ... 'don't go to law school unless', which consequently ... -
help advice needed for discouraged applicantWhere do I start? I began my LSAT studies in April of this year, with a diagnostic of 146. I felt discouraged but I felt hopeful. However...after tak…
... /> You are correct about the work experience part though. Primarily because you ... -24 year old jumping into law school. I am going back ... to law school at 37, and my ... 've spent a year in law school and seen behind the ... -
LSAT as a poor predictor addendaMy pre law advisor said to submit an addenda explaining that my LSAT is a poor predictor of my future promise at law school. I am applying this cycle…
... is correlated very strongly with law school performance, much stronger ... is an excellent predictor of law school performance, but of ... skills that are critical for law school and beyond. Nobody ... score, and your UGPA and work experience is already on your resume ... -
Cardozo PT or FT?!Hello fellow 7sagers, I have pretty much decided to attend Cardozo Law and really like the idea of doing their Part time program and beginning 1L in…
... goal is to go Big-Law, than my opinion is ... organizations, and generally putting law school first over other ... -time professionals to attend law school when they otherwise ... the time to travel, work, or do some cool ... volunteer work. As I said before, ... -
Studying, Working, and Personal Life BalanceHello everyone! Lately I have been struggling to fully devout myself to studying. I just can’t seem to find the time. Currently, I just completed…
... a similar boat. I work at a law firm full time as ... for having been through the experience, it truly is better if ... THAT bad, and if you work full time I KNOW how ... hard it is to work 8 hours and come home ... -
Is doing paralegal before law school advisable?Hi all, First of all, thank you for reading this post. My question is whether or not doing paralegal would provide any clues to determining whet…
... learned from working at a law firm is that it takes ... a while to get that big salary. You have to really ... it's like to work at a big law firm, as mine is ... pay off "eventually" and that law school will eat you up ... -
US News Law School Ranking 2016So, the rankings for 2015-2016 came out today. California schools seem to be doing much better probably given the improving employment prospects, a h…
... to go into public interest law, I'm wondering how critical ... law school ranking is for me -- ... 57 and have lots of work experience and various degrees (MD PhD ... -
Foolproof-ing is never-endingNow that I'm 23 tests into the LG Bundle, I have amassed over 300 games in my "To be foolproofed" file, having already completed over 100 games alrea…
... . That means that if you work on LG for 5 hours ... existence three times. If you work on LG 2.5 hours ... a total work week of 35 hours. Considering big law pushed the hours ... should be a fairly easy work load.
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Jonathan Wang, The New York Times, and some real concernsLike many of you I read that NYTimes article featuring Jonathan and grew very concerned. Jonathan (and the other 7Sage mentors) represent a high bar:…
... a job at an average big law firm (think McDermott, Pillsbury ... top schools wants to work at a large firm, ... work in public interest or work for a corporation. Some law ... of Yale works for big law firms. Now, some ... get a Yalie to work there. A Yale student ... -
Personal StatementHi everyone, I took a day off and wanted to start working on my personal statement but I'm confused about how that whole process works? Is there a …
... be the applicant’s own work product. It should feature the ... undergraduate studies;
Any significant work experience; and
Any other personal ... you want to go to law school;
The reason(s ... in this
School of Law; and
What you want ... -
in need of helpHello everyone, hope all is well; I am writing this post after taking a PT, (my 8th total), and i am literally heart broken. After spending the la…
... to continue with your LSAT/Law School plan, good for you ... find have a lot of experience and are helpful. If you ... job back, do it. I work full time and study for ... . Maybe you need some work experience and life experience to give your resume ... -
Lawyers and happiness"The problem with the more prestigious jobs, said Mr. Krieger, is that they do not provide feelings of competence, autonomy or connection to others —…
... yet the golden shackles of law school debt incurred at T14 ... entirely with 10 years of work in that kind of post ... with even very high-paying Big Law jobs, and during the first ... typically 8am-6pm M-F. Big Law? Count on 7am–10pm Monday ...
