Gabriel Kuris

These experiences can help students develop valuable skills in research and analysis.

Law school applicants raised or educated in foreign countries can turn their experience overseas into an advantage.

Unpaid service activities, on or off campus, show strengths that law schools look for.

Completing college and law school within six years is a good option if you are committed and self-motivated.

Effectively communicate your work experience to enhance your chances of law school admission.

The first year of law school matters, so approach it with preparation and focus.

This new alternative to the LSAT based on the experience of a law school class may have some advantages for applicants.

Approach the law school application process and its outcomes with humility.

Years ago, most aspiring lawyers applied to law school in their senior year of college. Older applicants were outliers, and while they were not necessarily disadvantaged, their decision to put off law school may have raised eyebrows.Expectations have now flipped. Law schools now value work experience and seek students who can demonstrate maturity, professionalism and employable skills.At most top law schools, somewhere between two-thirds and four-fifths of incoming students have taken at least o…

While business schools expect applicants to gain work experience before they apply, law schools have a more broad-minded outlook.Law schools tend to seek a balance between older applicants, fairly recent graduates and those coming straight from college, sometimes dubbed “KJD” because of their unbroken academic ascent from Kindergarten to a J.D.However, as law schools have increasingly emphasized qualitative factors like maturity and employability, applicants with a year or more of work experienc…