State Bar & Bar Associations
Jan. 27, 2007
Admissions Essays Get Second Look
The high standards of law school admissions have led some would-be students to seek professional editing help with the personal essays required in their applications. Many admissions officials are getting uneasy as the practice becomes more prevalent, and some are outright forbidding it.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - This past fall, nearly 89,000 would-be legal scholars applied to law schools accredited by the American Bar Association. But only 60 percent of those hopeful souls - about 56,000 - got one of the coveted slots.
The numbers are harsher for elite schools: Stanford Law School and Boalt Hall typically accept fewer than 10 percent o...
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