<p>What if I just have a part-time regular job working for money, compared to say a paralegal job? Does it matter what kind of job you have, or does it not matter as long you work as an undergrad?</p>
<p>What percentage of the admissions, out of 100%, does work experience play a role?</p>
<p>Nobody is going to care either way. WE is pretty much irrelevant if the numbers aren't there.</p>
<p>For the most part, when law schools/business schools take into account work experience, they are looking for full time work experience with serious responsibility. I don't know how much of a difference part time work experience will make (unless you are putting yourself through college and base your personal statement on that experience, in which case your part time work experience might be important and interesting for a different reason).</p>
<p>Well I cover part of my expenses. It is just part-time with not a lot of responsibility, so I'm guessing it won't make much of a difference if I decide to pursue a job elsewhere that is less "career-related" but pays more?</p>
<p>But by work experience, you are saying they are referring to post-graduation work then?</p>
<p>First and foremost, every law schools looks at your grades and LSAT scores. Secondarily, at the top law schools (and I'm sure at many others too), they look at a wide variety of factors including research and publications, difficulty of coursework, significant acitivities, language skills, awards and work experience while in college (including summer internships, work study, etc.). However, when law schools state that X% of their student body had work experience when they entered law school, they are referring to full time work experience, whether that experience was gained post-college or while in college (for someone who might have taken evening classes while working full time to put themselves through college, for example) or perhaps gained pre-college during a year or two off after high school.</p>
<p>I see, so if you were going to recommend someone doing research with a professor, or someone working as legal secretary while going to college full-time, which is more beneficial?</p>
<p>If you need the money to get yourself through college, take whichever job will pay you the most money!</p>