Aside from your LSAT
score and grades, your personal statement is the most important part of your law
school application. Nearly all law schools require that students submit a
two-page personal statement along with their law school application. Admissions
officials *do* read personal statements – and they matter … a lot. The
personal statement is your one chance to set yourself apart from the hundreds
(or thousands) of other applications being reviewed by an admissions
committee.
score and grades, your personal statement is the most important part of your law
school application. Nearly all law schools require that students submit a
two-page personal statement along with their law school application. Admissions
officials *do* read personal statements – and they matter … a lot. The
personal statement is your one chance to set yourself apart from the hundreds
(or thousands) of other applications being reviewed by an admissions
committee.
Don’t know what to write
or how to get started? Then sign up for the:
or how to get started? Then sign up for the:
Writing a Law School
Personal Statement Workshop
Personal Statement Workshop
Saturday, October 29,
2011
2011
10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
p.m.
Taught by Prof. Gwen
Torges of the Political Science Department.
Torges of the Political Science Department.
In this workshop, you
will learn:
will learn:
* the purpose of a
personal statement
personal statement
* what admissions
officials are looking for in a personal statement
officials are looking for in a personal statement
* what types of
information you should – and shouldn’t – include
information you should – and shouldn’t – include
* how to decide what to
write about
write about
* how to banish writer’s
block and get started writing!
block and get started writing!
Besides learning about
the components of a personal statement and tips for writing one of your own, you
will read and evaluate sample personal statements. The workshop also includes a
brainstorming session and other exercises to help you come up with and develop a
theme for your personal statement.
the components of a personal statement and tips for writing one of your own, you
will read and evaluate sample personal statements. The workshop also includes a
brainstorming session and other exercises to help you come up with and develop a
theme for your personal statement.
TO
REGISTER:
REGISTER:
The workshop is FREE but you need to
register by sending an email to torges@iup.edu by Thursday, October
27.
register by sending an email to torges@iup.edu by Thursday, October
27.
This workshop is
sponsored by:
sponsored by:
· IUP’s Pre-Law
Program
· The College of
Humanities and Social Sciences
· The Political Science
Department
______________________________________
Gwendolyn
Torges, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor / Pre-Law Program Director
Political Science
Department
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
103 Keith Hall
Annex
Indiana, PA 15705
Gwendolyn
Torges, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor / Pre-Law Program Director
Political Science
Department
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
103 Keith Hall
Annex
Indiana, PA 15705
724-357-2290