How Much Does Work Exp and LOR's Weight?

brownug
Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:52:57 +0000

So, I’ve learned that the LSAT and GPA matter most in law school admissions. But I’m curious about what weight adcoms give to letters of rec. and work experience.

Like if you have decent (not awesome, but not bad either) LSAT and GPA, could REALLY great work exp. (maybe working at a law firm as an assistant… or something?)…or really great letters of rec. really put you over the hump?

Or is it still primarily a numbers game? If work exp. counts or letters of rec. count…how AWESOME do they have to be to count? What would be considered “amazing” work exp.?

There’s one guy in my philosophy class who has several relatives who work for the same law firm and he gets a serious advantage being able to work their during summers and winter break as an office clerk. (I’m sure he’d get hookups too later if he graduated from law school). But does working for a law firm help a lot? …