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How to Apply to Law School

Transcripts, Dean's Letters, and Administrative Issues

The LSDAS will assemble your LSAT score, personal statement, recommendations, transcripts, and dean's letters (if applicable). They explain how to send all these things to them on their web site. Some transcripts can be a pain to get (ie that community college you attended for 2 credits in high school), so plan ahead. You can start sending out applications even before your LSDAS file is complete, but most schools say they won't review your application until everything is in (and I believe them).

You can apply with a traditional paper application or go for one of the newer "electronic" techniques. Some schools are starting to have their own online applications, but you can also apply using LSAC's "LSACD on the Web" or the (more intuitively named) "LSACD" on CD. Remember in Star Wars when Luke says, "I want to transmit my application to the academy this year."? This is like that. We have the technology. Law is slow to keep up though, and I'm pretty sure these programs just print out paper applications and mail them to the schools, but at least something is electronic about it.

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