Our Recommendations for Your Law School Letters of Recommendation

Ah, letters of recommendation: the only part of your law school
application you don’t control. Often treated as an afterthought
by unwise students, they can make a real difference . . . or tank
your application, in the case of the unlucky applicants who
receive the rare and dreaded negative recommendation.


This week, Branden & Jelena tackle some of the most common
misconceptions about letters of recommendation for law school,
and lay out a strategy for obtaining the kind of recommendations
that tip the admissions scale in your favor.


Listen and learn . . .
When to ask for a recommendation How to handle a recommender
who ghosts you What to do if your professor asks you to write your
own recommendation How to avoid a negative recommendation Whether
or not to allow your recommenders to send recommendations you
haven’t read Who to ask if you’ve been out of school a long time
and don’t know your professors anymore How to build relationships
with professors BEFORE you need a recommendation

Links and Further Resource from this Episode:



Harvard Law’s Recommendation Tips



Former Berkeley Dean on Recommendations



Yikes, Negative Recommendations are More Common Than We
Thought!



Former U. of Chicago Dean on Recommendations



Law School Admissions Consulting



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