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beating a dead horse GPA/LSAT |
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Touch?? |
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11/06/2002 |
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I think 2 years is a good amout of time to get a little experience and to get to know what working at a law firm is like. But I think that someone who is trying to boost an application (to get past weak grades or LSATS) might want to show more of a career, just in terms of putting in the time, being trained and even getting a bit of a specialty. I disagree that being a paralegal isn't considered a career; it's a viable one, and a top paralegal probably knows more about law than many lawyers! :) A friend is an experienced bankruptcy paralegal at one of the ny biglaw firms. Considering her level of knowledge, the time she puts in, and the training she does in bankruptcy, I would say she has a great career. And law schools would probably be psyched to get her. |
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I conceed the point. You brought up an excellent example of how a career would help an application. I was only thinking of recent college grads being paralegals for a few years post college. If it is, in fact, what you have done for 5+ years, that would certainly be considered a career. Goodness knows that many paralegals at big firms make more than some attorneys do.
Also, weak grades or LSATs will still be there, and though a career will help, you need to weight out whether or not waiting for law school just to help your chances is worth it. If you have a career and decide to go to law school, that's another thing. But if you start a career just to improve your resum??, I don't know whether that would be worht it.
Nevertheless, you still have a good point.
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