Law School Personal Statement Samples Page 10
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102. Sending a personal statement to school B meant for School A. Harvard Law School does
not want to read about your desire to attend Yale Law School.
3. Merely summarizing your resume in essay form.
4. Staying too detached in your writing style and not letting your personality come through
in your “personal” statement.
5. Focusing upon your weaknesses and not your strengths.
6. Using too many big words or “legalese.”
7. Spending just a few hours on your personal statement and submitting your first draft.
8. Exceeding the specified page or word limitations.
9. Stating that once admitted you will save the world.
10. Using gimmicks such as writing in crayon, modeling your personal statement as a legal
brief, or writing it as a poem.
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