Essays That Worked for Law Schools: 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation\'s Top Law Schools

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“Law school applicants should consider this a guide to producing a competitive, superior e ssay. . . . These successful examples speak louder than any written how-to instructions could.” â€"The Book Watch

Each year, thousands of people apply to the most prestigious law schools across the country, competing for an ever-smaller number of spaces. But each applicant gets one chance to distinguish himself or herself from the pack: the law school application essay. In the essay, you can spotlight the qualities you possess that transcripts and LSAT scores cannot reveal.

Essays That Worked for Law Schools shows that winning essays come in a variety of styles and voices. One student writes about running a day-care center. Another tells a harrowing story about driving a cab in New York City. And a third gives an incredibly convincing argument for why the world needs one more good lawyer. From the thousands submitted each year, the essays in this book were considered s ome of the best by admissions officers at the nation’s top law schools.

If you’re facing essay anxiety, this book will educate and inspire youâ€"and most important of all, help you write an essay that will give you the best chance of getting into the law school of your choice.While almost anything goes in a college-application essay, law-school applicants are expected to be a little more sophisticated. No navel-gazing allowed. But please, no pontificating, either. Like admissions officers everywhere, those at law schools are looking for something fresh. That means, says Boykin Curry, that unless you are quite certain that you\'ve got a spectacular new approach, yo u should avoid such topics as "Why I want to be a public defender," "I have always wanted to be a lawyer since I was ten," and "What I think about justice" ("lecturing on the law--before you have studied it--" Curry warns, "is likely to bore and irritate the reader"). Instead, be honest, and be creative. Use these essays for inspiration. One essayist here demonstrates his bargaining skills by relating his Peace Corps experiences haggling over goat meat in Niger. Another writes touchingly of his stated goal: to practice law with the same integrity that his grandfather brought to his carpentry business.

A chart at the beginning of the book illustrates just how much importance various schools place on the essay (the University of Washington gives it little consideration; Harvard and Yale say it\'s a vital part of the application). --Jane Steinberg







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This first collection of Emerson\'s essays has influenced a host of thinkers and intellectuals since its first appearance in 1841. \'Self-Reliance\' is undoubtedly the collection\'s most famous essay, a piece in which Emerson argues that one must put a wholehearted trust in the powe r of one\'s own intuition, and not hold to orthodox opinions merely because the mass of people believe them to be true. But the prestige surrounding this work has tended to obscure the breadth of Emerson\'s vision: in the twelve essays in \'Series One\' he invites us to consider a wide range of topics, from the true nature of \'Friendship\', \'Heroism\' and \'Love\', to the high-flown philosophy of \'Spiritual Laws\' and \'The Over-Soul\'.







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