Law School Process
test required by the American Bar Association for any law school in the US as well as most in Canada; is administered 7 times a year around the world at hundreds of locations, and will now be moving completely online
What is the LSAT?
this is what is required in every state except California in order to practice law (California offers an alternative option); usually cannot gain this through simply online learning processes, but must be earned in the classroom
what is a juris doctor degree?
This is the number one law school in the US.
What is Yale Law School?
This is the amount of sections the LSAT is divided into.
What is five sections?
The amount of years required to attain a law degree
what is three years?
a service that assembles your transcript, LSAT scores, and letters of recommendation and is required by most American Bar Association schools
What is Credential Assembly Service(CAS)?
type of law that is purposefully created by a legislature and made into law; most attorneys will practice this type of law at some point in their career; this is a good area for a career choice for those who like to write and like to be particular and intentional about what they write
what is statutory law?
an optional essay, a companion to your required “Personal Statement” that provides law schools details about you: your personal experiences, your unique voice, and how you will add a diverse perspective to their class.
what is a diversity statement?
These are the top three LSAT prep courses.
What is Kaplan test prep, Manhattan Prep LSAT, and Princeton Review?
3 law schools that have occupied the top 3 rankings for over a decade
what are Harvard, Yale, and Stanford?
this should present you as a professional and employable person of good character as well as provide personal insight into your specific individual reasons for wanting to go to law school
What is a personal statement?
a legal education can be incredibly helpful for these people, regardless of the fact they are not actively practicing law, through what it teaches them about labor and employment law, contracts, and taxation, as well as allow them to use critical thinking and problem solving skills
what are entrepreneurs?
An alternative test to the lsat that measures skills that are important to law schools, including verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing.
what is a GRE General Test?
This service offers a fee waiver program that is available for law school candidates who cannot afford to pay for the LSAT and the Credential Assembly Service.
What is the law school admission council?
the one category of law that you have to major specifically in math or technical science in order to be able to do it due to having to take the patent bar as well as a bar that requires the math/technical science degree
what is property law?
list of top ranked law schools that include Cornell, Columbia, Chicago, and Duke
what are T14 schools?
businesses in which having a legal background can often be vital in managing properly and successfully; law can also often be a major part of these businesses’ missions
Nonprofits
A method is what most people know as “cold calling” where the professor randomly selects a student to answer a question. Law school is known for this method.
What is the Socratic method?
This section of the LSAT is not scored. It tests ability to form an argument based on given facts, support an argument, use written English to express an idea.
What is the writing section?
What are the prerequisites for applying to law school?
what is none, but a bachelor's degree?
acceptance rate of Harvard Law school
what is 12.86%?
job in the military that involves a legal degree and in which one helps to resolve military justice issues
what is a judge advocate?
this Southern law school has an acceptance rate of 29.65%
what is Emory University?
the big change that has recently occurred in the administration of this test
what is it has moved completely online?
2 common vices law school students are known for
what are alcoholism and smoking habits?