Letters of recommendations

Graduate School Law School
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<p>A few questions:
How important is having really good LORs?
What makes a good LOR?
Who should you ask to write you one?</p>

<p>Getting good LORs are probably my biggest worry for applying to law school. My decision on going to law school was made within the last year, so during my first few years of undergrad, I never really thought about getting to know my professors (this is one of my regrets of undergrad...regardless whether you're going to law school/grad school or not getting to know profs is an invaluable experience I think). This term I've really made the effort to get to know one of my professors (not only for the sake of getting a letter, but because I really do find the class interesting), but I'm still debating whether or not I should ask her. I'm guessing it wouldn't hurt to try...? </p>

<p>And for the form from LSDAS that you're supposed to print and give to the recommender, what exactly is on it? Are there specific questions that the recommender is supposed to answer about the student?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Any inputs? If someone could just tell me how important letters of rec. are, that would be helpful. And of course, inputs to my other questions would be extremely helpful as well. :)</p>

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<p>I can’t tell you the format, but I suspect if you look through everything on [LSAC.org</a> Homepage](<a href=“http://www.lsac.org%5DLSAC.org”>http://www.lsac.org). you’ll find it buried somewhere on it. </p>

<p>The importance of LORs depend upon a few things: Which law schools you’re aiming for and the other parts of your application. There are a few LSs at which they reportedly matter a LOT. Stanford and Yale are among those. If you are on the cusp numbers-wise for admission at many LSs, then your LORs could be crucial. If your numbers are above the 75th percentile for both gpa and LSAT, then, at many law schools they really aren’t going to matter much unless they say something awful about you.</p>