Personal Statements

Podcast Highlight:
This week’s podcast discusses the law school application personal statement. The personal statement is a vital part of the law school application. It allows students to tell stories taken from their life and personal experiences and present multiple facets of their personality to law school admissions officers.
Our guests today are Paul Bodine, admissions consultant and author of Great Personal Statements for Law School and Perfect Phrases for Law School Admissions; Alan Gelb, Author of Conquering the College Admission Essay in 10 Steps; and Linda Abraham, founder and CEO of admissions consulting company Accepted.com.
Our first guest, Paul Bodine, believes that all personal statement should demonstrate authenticity, self-awareness, vivid writing, hard work, and creativity. He also suggests some topics that students shouldn’t write about when brainstorming their personal statement. He suggests that these “do not use” topics are frequentl