How do law schools use letters of recommendation in the admissions process?
A. Law schools use letters of recommendation to get an outsider’s view of you and your talents, particularly those talents you will be using in the law classroom and those that bring a diverse element to their schools. The better a person knows you and can speak to your particular talents, the more useful their letter will be to the admissions committee. Your letters of recommendation will be read most carefully at those law schools where your academic credentials place you in the possible, but not certain, admit category. For those schools, your letters of recommendation can be the difference between gaining admission or being denied.
