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Expert guidance in creating a high-performance personal statement--essential for admittance to law school

Nationally known consultant Paul Bodine has helped thousands gain admission to elite professional schools. In Great Personal Statements for Law School, he helps you ace your personal statement, the most critical part of any law school application.

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Paul Bodine is the Senior Editor at Accepted.com, one of the oldest and most successful online admissions consulting services. His clients have consistently earned admission to such elite law schools as Harvard, NYU, Virginia, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, Georgetown, and Vanderbilt.

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Expert guidance to writing the all-important personal statement that will get you accepted by your first-choice law school

Your grades are nearly perfect and your LSAT scores are stellar--but that's not enough to get into a top law school. You have to stand out from a crowd of super-achievers, and the best way to do that is with a great personal statement.

Great Personal Statements for Law School is the only book to take the personal essay apart, piece by piece, and show you how to put it all together--from rough draft to finished product--with maximum effect. Written by expert Paul Bodine, the nationally known consultant who has helped thousands gain admission to elite schools, this guide will make it easy to ace your personal statement with:

  • Six "data-mining" techniques for brainstorming raw material
  • An effective system for moving from outline to writing, revising, and editing
  • Detailed strategies for answering the most common essay topics
  • More than 25 actual essays by successful applicants to top schools like the University of Chicago, Georgetown, and Cornell
  • Expert tips for customizing essays to particular schools, waging a guerrilla wait-list campaign, and submitting "value-added" dean's letters

Writing the personal statement can be daunting.... Mr. Bodine's book is an excellent resource."--Derek E. Meeker, Associate Dean, Admissions and Financial Aid, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Great Personal Statements for Law School presents a practical approach to applying to law schools and "crafting" winning personal statements!"--Lynell A. Cadray, Assistant Dean/Dean of Admission, Emory University School of Law

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (January 5, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071453008
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071453004
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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One of America's most experienced admissions consultants (serving clients since 1997), Paul Bodine has helped hundreds of applicants worldwide gain admission to such elite business schools as Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Chicago, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Columbia, Dartmouth (Tuck), Berkeley (Haas), London Business School, INSEAD, Yale, New York University, Duke, Cornell, and Virginia, among many others. He has been interviewed by or featured in the Financial Times, BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, and Money magazine. His law school clients have been admitted to such elite programs as Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Virginia, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, Georgetown, and Vanderbilt. Paul's services to customers include strategizing on application strategy, editing admissions essays, recommendation letters, and resumes, admissions interview preparation, and more.

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Anon
5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful.
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2014
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I did not even know where to being with my personal statement. This book taught me everything I needed to know. I did additional research concurrently and found that everything that I needed to know was already in the book. I highly recommend it.
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Ryan
4.0 out of 5 stars A good reference if you are not sure what to write.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2010
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A good read. When I was trying to think about what to write for law school applications I couldn't come up with a lot. After reading what others had done it made me realize I was being overly critical of what I should write.
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Lisa
3.0 out of 5 stars Depends on what you're looking for
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017
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This was fine, but I thought the essays in the "Harvard Law School" book were higher quality. That being said, this has "how to" advice that the HLS book does not. So it depends on what you're looking for. I bought both books -- this is a case where more really is more!
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Heather B.
5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC and versatile book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2012
As a country bumpkin raised as a homeschooler in the boondocks of New England who was recently accepted to several top-tier graduate schools, I have been meaning to write a review raving about the book "Great Personal Statements for Law School." My fiancé lent it to me after he had read it and implemented Paul's expertise into his graduate school applications, and I was equally inspired. Although the book is tailored to prospective law students, I found almost all of the information just as applicable and relevant to my area of study, a Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling! I can say, without any reservation whatsoever, that the tips, techniques, examples, templates, and just plain honest, down-to-earth advice Paul offered in his book is, by far, the highest contributing factor in my acceptance to Columbia, NYU, University of Rochester (whose Masters in Education program is a subset of the renowned Warner School of Education), SUNY Albany (whose PhD. program in clinical psychology was recently ranked #4 in the nation), the University of Vermont, and several State University of New York schools! Not only did I earn admission to a graduate program that is a perfect fit for me, but I was also awarded a graduate assistantship, which will cover over 75% of tuition for the 2-year program. Oh, and my fiancé? The one who recommended your book in the first place? He was also accepted at Columbia and NYU and has a graduate assistantship. '

I CAN NOT recommend Paul Bodine's expertise, genius and guidance enough.

No grad school application is complete without at least taking a look at this book! Thanks, Paul!!!

Sincerely, and most appreciatively,

~A M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling student :)
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J. Lerman
1.0 out of 5 stars A genuinely terrible book
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2006
Avoid this one at all costs. These personal statements are laughably bad, almost without exception. Treating them as models for your own law school personal statement isn't wise; these things read more like poor college admissions essays written by high school students. The writing is leaden and awkward, the subjects cliched, and the editing sloppy. Also, it's worth noting that most of the applicants whose essays are featured in the book gained admission only to mediocre law schools. A better choice is "Law School Essays that Made a Difference," which features much stronger personal statements written by borderline applicants to top schools (Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Stanford, Chicago, etc.). The writers managed to gain entry to these sorts of schools, sometimes despite so-so numbers, because of their exceptional personal statements. The "Anna Ivey Guide" and Richard Montauk's "How To Get Into The Top Law Schools" also have good info about the personal statement. Or avoid the law school advice industry altogether and get a book like "The Art Of The Personal Essay," an excellent anthology edited by Phillip Lopate; "The Best American Nonrequired Reading" series, edited by Dave Eggers; Natalie Goldberg's "Writing Down the Bones"; and Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird."
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Rachel MBA_2006
5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful and informative book on applying!
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2006
Paul's book is really helpful. If you aren't sure what personal experience to write about in your personal statment, Paul discusses how to choose what to write about, which is really useful. He also tells you how to write a good outline so that when you actually have to write the essay, it's not so hard.

The advice on letter of recommendations is also very useful. Paul tells you how to choose the right recommenders and how to coach them so that your recommendations will really be an asset to your application.

There are also many sample essays which I found very beneficial. For this alone, the book is worth it.

I really recommend this book to anyone who's even thinking of applying to law school!
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Roberta79
5.0 out of 5 stars Great help to students!
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2006
A helpful book! This book's real value are the excellent sections on

starting the writing process and understanding the basic types of questions that law schools ask. There are also separate chapters on secondary essays, like diversity and optional essays and wait list letters and a separate chapter just on recommendation letters.
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L. Porter
1.0 out of 5 stars law school entrance essay prep
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2007
There was nothing unique about this book. I bought 4 different books to help me write my personal statement. They all said the same thing with the same insight. Talk about plagarism. They weren't word-for-word, but the gist was the same.

Save your money and buy only 1 book!
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Tanu
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource - loved it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2014
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I read this book along with Paul's Great Applications for Business School because I was planning on applying to dual degree programs. This book is a great read and really helpful in giving someone new to the process a great idea of what is expected. Although, eventually, I didn't have to write a law school personal statement as I applied to a dual degree program which had integrated application that didn't require one, this book gave me loads of great ideas on how to approach writing essays for grad school - I highly recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2018
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