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Aug 08, 2012
These Law School Personal Statement Clichés are so Cliché

A while ago, I wrote an article listing some clichés to avoid on your personal statement. And yet I still read statements all the time that include these, and other, clichés. To put it simply, do not include any cliché in your law school personal statement. If you can imagine it on a fortune cookie

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Oct 12, 2011
Top 5 Law School Personal Statement Mistakes

It’s crunch time, people. Many of you are awaiting patiently (drunkenly?) for your October LSAT results, and that’s put somewhat of a ticking clock on your law school personal statement. You should all know by now that applying earlier means a better shot at the school of your choice. The Letters of Rec are out

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Apr 07, 2011
How to Avoid the Missteps of the Law School Personal Statement

How to Avoid the Missteps of the Law School Personal Statement Unless you’re one of those people who have, paradoxically, a thousand things on your resume and too much time on your hands, you haven’t yet started your personal statement. And that’s fine. You have all summer to work on it, and you don’t want

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Jan 12, 2011
Things to Avoid on the Law School Personal Statement

The Law School Personal Statement and Avoiding Cliches Two pages. That’s how long you have to sum up your life in a personal statement. Law schools already have your GPA and LSAT, so those four years of school and three months of study are already covered, but what about everything else? Hell, it took 240

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Dec 02, 2010
Personal Statement Help (from the U.S. Supreme Court)

Personal Statement Help (from the U.S. Supreme Court!) Law school application season is heating up, and as we head into December, I suspect that the majority of you are working on your personal statements and supplemental essays. For those of you studying for the December LSAT, stop reading now and go study. To the early

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Dec 14, 2009
Some Help on Getting Started with the Law School Personal Statement

While oscillating between not caring about Tiger Woods and caring just a little too much about the current state of UCLA basketball this week, it occurred to me that there is little rhyme or reason to determining what subject matter a person will find interesting. Either you give a crap that Eldrick is making a

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