International Law Admissions

ggbadgers
Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:43:29 +0000

Currently an undergraduate junior with a 3.8 political science gpa, 3.8-3.9 overall by the time I graduate, and Im taking the LSAT in November. Im the Editorial page editor at my university newspaper (top 30 research institution, you can guess by my username). I spent the past Summer interning in the United Kingdom’s House of Lords (part of UK Parliament) as a research assistant to a member of the House who I hope to receive a letter of rec from. I also attended courses at the London School of Economics and wrote a dissertation which Im currently submitting to journals. This Spring Im studying at the University of Sydney and participating in an internship (the nature of which I won’t know til I get there an interview).

Any advice on my chances to gain admissions to law school, specifically international law? I hope to pursue a joint JD program with a Masters in Public Policy specializing in IR or a pure IR program like John Hopkin’s SAIS in DC.

The law schools that participate in the joint programs I’m humbly looking at are Berkeley, University of Virginia, Harvard, Princeton, Georgetown, George Washington and Stanford. I have to be accepted to both a masters program and law school (can be different school) simultaneously to gain acceptance. A bit of a tall order…

Anyways I haven’t started practicing for the LSAT, too busy studying for the damn GRE, but am I going to have to stress and get an incredible score to have a chance at these schools? Standardized tests disgust me, so im dreading both the GRE and LSAT and hoping that other parts of my application could make up for a not-so-stellar score

Thanks