A law school letter of recommendation is only one component of a J.D. application. There are many other factors in the law school admissions process that have nothing to do with recommendation letters ...

As a law school admissions counselor, I am often asked what makes a strong letter of recommendation. Who should you approach for a recommendation? How can you encourage your recommender to draft a ...

Your letter writer should be someone with whom you have had contact recently, not in the distant past. For academic references, ask professors who have taught you in a course and who think highly of ...

Reference letters come in many different shapes and forms, so don’t think that one size fits all. I’ve written in the past about how to request reference letters in different situations, be it from ...