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<p>I know this question has probably been done to death, but I can't seem to find any threads on it (I'm posting from a foreign country and the internet is slow...my search was rather short). </p>

<p>Anyways, I'm wondering how much of a "detriment" is it to apply to law school straight from undergrad without any work experience, assuming that you've taken advantage of your summers? Do law schools actually hold it against you (I know Northwestern basically requires WE)? Or is it just becoming a more common--a mere statistic--that around 75% of Stanford's class (I think this was on wiki) worked for at least one year?</p>

<p>Please fill me in on your perspectives, or link to other threads where this has been discussed. thanks :-)</p>

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<p>As far as I know, most schools don't require or "encourage" work experience before applying. That said, check out the average ages of law school students and you'll find that most of them are a few years out of college.</p>

<p>I had planned to apply right out of college, like many of my friends did, but didn't get my app together in time and decided to wait for this year's rolling admissions to start. My friends didn't have trouble getting in.</p>