How to Write an Eye Opening Law School Personal Statement

The law school personal statement required by most U.S. law schools is your one chance to sell yourself and your unique qualities to the law school of your choice. Most law schools require one general personal statement that can be written on a topic of your choosing. Many schools now also require an additional personal statement on a pre-determined topic, or they will provide the student with the option of submitting an additional personal statement to highlight their qualifications further. If a school offers the opportunity to submit an optional personal statement, and you really want to go to that school, it is probably in your best interest to submit the additional statement. If you have something meaningful to write about, submitting an additional personal statement shows the admissions people at the law school that you are willing to perform extra effort in hopes of acceptance.

Who am I to be writing about a successful law school personal statement? I am a law student at a top ten law school. Throughout the application process, I was accepted into many of the elusive T-14 (top fourteen) law schools. There are, of course, other factors to admittance at these top schools, among them your LSAT score and GPA. I did well in both of those areas as well; however, my scores in those two categories are low for many of the top schools into which I was accepted. My personal statement came through in a big way.

So, I will now outline some strategies for writing a successful and attention getting personal statement.