Getting into a Top Law School

NYULawyer
Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:08:15 +0000

For example, Northwestern almost requires post-undergraduate work experience & is more lenient toward low GPAs for engineering majors, but not for humanities majors.



Although Northwestern Law strongly prefers few years of work experience from applicants, they are not particularly selective about the caliber of the work experience in question.

I know people who got into Northwestern Law with work experiences as a waitress, janitor, and elementary school English class substitute teacher.

Disagreed that law schools don’t admit people with low GPA’s due to being humanities majors. Law schools don’t care what major you were in college. 3.0 GPA in basket weaving = 3.0 GPA in electrical engineering, in front of law school admissions people. (which I find to be ridiculous)

My friend was a film studies major in college, had 3.1 GPA, and got into Northwestern Law.