| I am a 35 married women who desperately wants to attend the law school in my area. Help?

I am a 35 married women who desperately wants to attend the law school in my area. Help?

lovoya asked:


I must attend school at night due to financial obligations. This limits my choice of school to one. However, this institution has denied me admission. Though I had a 2.6 gpa in college 13 years ago and only scored a 144 on my LSATs, I still believe I can succeed in lawschool due to my 13 years of experience as Litigation Paralegal with state and federal government agencies. Low gpa score was caused by immaturaty and lack of focus due to my mother’s mental illness and everyone knows that standardized testing is not only bias but is in no way a reflection of the level of success that can be attributed to candidates. My only hope is a personal essay that will be able to wow the admissions committee. I have no idea where to start, how to get help. Should I request an interview with an admissions committee member?

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One Response to “I am a 35 married women who desperately wants to attend the law school in my area. Help?”

  1. Katherine on March 23rd, 2009 10:47 pm

    I am currently attending a night law school and its great. The admissions process is tough. Yes, I think you should definitely try and talk to someone in the admission dept. of the school. Even if its not a formal interview… I set up a campus visit and it was one of the admissions people that gave me a tour. Just haveing the opportunity to chat with them for a minuet and expressing how much I wanted to attend along with allowing her to put a face to my name when my application came across her desk I feel was a big advantage. Be honest with them in your personal statement… don’t try to write a literary masterpiece… they just want to know why you want to go to law school and why you think you could succeed. Don’t forget that you application also involves letters of recommendation. There is a big difference between a good letter of recommendation and one that just says “yeah, I recommend her.” In good letters of recommendation the admissions committee should be able to feel the writers confidence in you… make sure you have good letters. And don’t forget that there is something to be said for persistence… if they keep seeing your name over and over they may decide to give you a chance.

    There are also some online law school that you might want to look into… but I don’t know much about them regarding whether or not they are accredited or how employers would look at those degrees.