<p>Hypothetically, when apply to LS, would it be preferable to get recs from</p>
<p>a)someone who knows you extremely well and for several years (professor or boss), but whose name will probably not be recognizable to anyone on an admissions committee</p>
<p>or </p>
<p>b) a good rec from a boss or professor who knows your work pretty well but has only known you for a few months and does not know you very well on a personal level, and whose name will most likely be recognizable to an admissions officer, such as a famous journalist or the head of a t14 LS's legal clinic</p>
<p>I'm told (and this is merely hearsay) that unless you know you can get an excellent and fairly in-depth rec from a "big name" (i.e. unless she's the natural choice--or very close to it--anyway), doing so can seem gimmicky.</p>
<p>okay. i'm probably going to end up with a combination of both. when schools ask to see your recs, do they see all 3 (or 4) of them, or can they simply request to see 1 or 2?</p>
<p>to clarify my question, i've been told that lsac only sends schools your recs when they specifically request them.</p>
<p>Schools have different requirements, but you choose which letters to send to which schools.</p>
<p>You can choose which letters to send to which schools, but you can also have the same recs sent everywhere. The details are all on LSAC's website.</p>
<p>The LSAC website also has a list of law school rec policies. The list will let you know how many recs each school requires, prefers, and accepts. Most schools accept (and some require) more than just one recommendation, so if you're only choosing between (A) and (B), sending both should be just fine. Hopefully (A) and (B) know you in fairly different capacities and will be able to contribute different perspectives.</p>
<p>The LOR process and the list of requirements can be found here: Letters</a> of Recommendation</p>
<p>As far as I know, your rec letters, along with your LSAT score and your summarized transcripts, get included in your LSDAS file. After you apply somewhere, the school has to request your file from LSAC. So yes, technically a school will only receive rec letters upon request (assuming that you use LSAC's rec letter service), but it will make that request very shortly after you apply. Details are here: Completing</a> Your LSDAS File</p>