Why Work Experience Matters for Law School Applicants

HappyAlumnus
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:08:54 +0000

@FrankieSays… we’d need to look at admissions rates for otherwise equally-situated candidates to see if work experience matters. The percentage of HLS 1Ls with work experience has grown so significantly over the past few years that I’d venture to state that it matters quite a bit. As @bluebayou says, GPA + LSAT come first, though.

See below: the percentage of students without work experience has dropped by about 50% during the period in the chart: