Law School Essays that Made a Difference

by The Princeton Review

One of the best ways to stand out in a crowd of applicants to law school is to write an exceptional personal statement. Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 3rd Edition , contains 70 real application essays as well as interviews with admissions pros and with students who've been through the process and made it to law school.

Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 3rd Edition includes essays submitted to the following

American University Washington College of Law
Boston College Law School
Boston University School of Law
Columbia University School of Law
Cornell University Law School
Duke University School of Law
Emory University School of Law
Fordham University School of Law
The George Washington University Law School
Georgetown University Law Center
Harvard University Law School
New York University School of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey School of Law–Camden
South Texas Law College of Law
Stanford University School of Law
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
University of Chicago Law School
University of Colorado–Boulder School of Law
University of Houston Law Center
University of Michigan Law School
University of New Mexico School of Law
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of St. Thomas School of Law
University of Texas at Austin School of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
University of Wisconsin Law School
Vanderbilt University Law School
Yale University Law School

Genres: Audiobook, Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

The Princeton Review is an education services company providing tutoring, test preparation and admission resources for students. It was founded in 1981. and since that time has worked with over 400 million students.

Reviews

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome tips--great exposure to what is expected in the personal statement for law school applications

[Ke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I only skimmed over this book, I believe that it definitely deserves a closer reading. I like how it provided me with examples of possible voices for personal statements.

[Brendan Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful book for writing a strong law school essay. Many examples of well-written essays.

[kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely inspirational, definitely reading this again!

[Lesley Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth reading before applying to law school.

[Derek Kunhee Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent. I appreciated the wide variety of essays that were included in this edition.

[Bob Maher · Rating 3 out of 5]

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