What are the pre requisites for Law School?
Vesper, in the U.S., you have to take the LSAT test, and I strongly encourage you to take an LSAT preparation course FIRST. Your LSAT score is tremendously important: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSAT Law schools also care about your college GPA (grade-point average) and the reputation of the college you went to. However, don’t be discouraged if you went to a small college and want to go to a famous law school. It makes it harder to get in, but you can do it. It just means you need to write a great essay and have a good LSAT & GPA. In your essay, you might want to point out that coming from a small school means you will add some diversity to the incoming law school class. Diversity isn’t just about ethnic origin; it’s also about regional background, income class, and so on. Be sure to point out what makes you different; what makes you able to bring a different perspective to your classwork (and to your classmates). Each school is looking for different things in the students it chooses.
