Law School Discussion

Hi everybody,

I've been invited by my ugrad to give a short presentation on the law school application process, and I'm not sure what to talk about.

I was going to do a general overview of applications and the LSAT, but then I thought, 'Why do they need to hear this from me? This stuff's all over the internet'. Plus, the time constraint doesn't give me enough time to talk about that much. 

So! I'm trying to narrow down a few topics to talk about in depth, and I thought I would ask you LSDers what you think would be good topics. What would people just beginning their apps be curious about? What kind of things do you wish you'd known about when you were beginning your apps?

(It was only 8 months ago that I began prepping for law school, but now that I'm done, for the life of me I can't remember what I didn't know back then)

All replies appreciated. Thanks!

anybody else still waiting for a decision from yale? i went complete in early january and haven't heard anything since then. should i just assume it's a ding?     (getting nervous from the sudden flood of dings on lsn)

i know, annoying post, right? can't help it--the cycle just doesn't feel complete without a decision from yale. *sigh*

a busy professor will be annoyed at being asked to write *another* LOR, and send in one that's not so great?

not necessarily an openly negative one saying "this student sucks," but something lukewarm and blah that tells the admissions council that the prof doesn't give a sh*t about you.

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good - start calling everyone i know and yelling 'in your face'!!!

bad - see if i can sneak hard liquor into the office