How Applying to Law School Early Could Pay Off
Many law schools use a rolling admissions process, meaning they evaluate applications as they come in and release admissions decisions, one by one.
Because there are typically more spots available in a law school class at the beginning of the admissions process than at the end, the ideal time for J.D. hopefuls to apply to law school is in the fall or early winter, experts say.
"I tell anyone planning on applying to law school to apply early," Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik, a partner and owner of DPW Legal, an intellectual property and appellate practice boutique law firm in Florida, wrote in an email. "The class just fills up, and it gets harder and harder to get in as time goes on."
Wasylik, who earned her J.D. from Georgetown University, says she knows from experience that the timing of a J.D. application is critical. The first time she applied to law school, Wasilyk was in her senior year of college, and she submitted all her application materials at the last minute because she felt unsure about whether she wanted to attend law school at the beginning of her senior year. She only realized later in her senior year that law school was the logical next step for her, and says she was disappointed by the responses she got from law schools when she eventually did apply.
Evaluate How These Soft Factors Might Impact Your Law School Chances
A lot of factors go into consideration when an admissions committee evaluates a law school application. Many are obvious, such as GPA, LSAT scores, personal statement, letters of recommendation and resume.
Many, however, are unaware that there are other aspects of an applicant that don't necessarily appear on any one document that may grant them a positive nudge when being assessed by law schools. We call these "soft factors," and if one of them is part of your life experience, you would do well to highlight it in your application to improve your chances.
Highlight military service. Schools love veterans, as they typically have the discipline, maturity, and life experience that many applicants – especially those applying from college – may lack. However, as you'll see in almost any soft factor, not all veterans are viewed the same.
Any decorations – especially the rarer ones, such as a Service Crosses or a Silver Star – would give you a leg up on other veterans, so you should discuss the circumstances surrounding any decoration in a personal statement or an optional essay. Additionally, commissioned service, or serving as an officer, is viewed more favorably, as it carries with it additional training and leadership experience.
Showcase outstanding co-curricular achievements. If you have had a paper published in a recognized journal in your research field, or have won awards from recognized outside groups for your research, those are fantastic achievements to highlight on your law school application.
Obviously, the more widely accepted and cited your paper is, the more weight it will carry with schools. Similarly, being a recipient of a prestigious scholarship would also work in your favor, the more exclusive the better.
Play up work experience and relevant expertise. Think about how exclusive your position was to determine how much weight it will be given. Scooping ice cream is unlikely to move a needle much, but being a top-tier executive at a Fortune 500 company would be quite appealing to law school. The expertise, knowledge, determination and demonstrated work ethic are exactly what law schools expect from their students and alumni.
Similarly, being even somewhat-widely known in your field, perhaps by coming up with a new treatment as a doctor or a new approach to a common problem, should also be highlighted. Finally, some relevant, extensive work experience in a field relevant to legal field, for example, working as a chemist for a biotech company who is now looking to get into IP law, could also reflect favorably with the admissions committee.
Demonstrate your leadership experience in school. Even in college you’ll have a chance to shine in many capacities, but here too the specifics matter too. The more people relied on your guidance and the more pressure you were under, the better your application will look.
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If youre working in the architecture field, youve probably run into situations in which a client requires you to carry liability insurance. Maybe you run a small architecture firm with a few employees, or perhaps youre a solo architect, draftsman or designer. Either way, you might find yourself wondering: Do I really need all this insurance coverage?
Of course, if a client says you or your on-staff architects need insurance, you have to have it if you want to get the work. But the good news is this: getting the required insurance coverage can be both affordable and good for your business.
Typically, clients want to see proof of some or all of the following three types of insurance from their architects:
General liability insurance
This type of liability insurance for architects covers damage or injury to your clients people or property. Although many clients require it, architects, designers and draftsmen might wonder if general liability insurance is really practical and necessary. After all, what are the odds that someone making drawings in his or her own office will do any kind of damage to a clients property?
Dont take it personally. The fact is, client companies often require all vendors who may come to their office or job site from construction crews to delivery people to architects to show proof of general liability insurance. Often, its the corporate risk managers who set the requirement, demanding insurance for architects as well as all other contractors because they want to reduce the companys risk of liability.
Thankfully, general liability insurance isnt expensive. Architects who have it gain peace of mind from knowing that if one of their employees visits a job site and accidentally injures someone or damages something, its covered. Your landlord may also require you to carry general liability insurance if your architecture company has its own office space.
Professional liability insurance
Professional liability insurance is like malpractice insurance for professional architects, draftsmen and designers. It covers you for errors and omissions that you or your architecture consultants might make on the job. Theres a good reason that clients require professional liability insurance for architects: Youre only human, and people do make mistakes.
Your clients greatest risk in hiring you as an architect is that you might make a miscalculation or error that causes a lawsuit or other financial loss. Although your company may be small, your client wants you to have deep enough pockets to compensate it for any potential losses if something should go wrong on a project.
For example, suppose your architecture firm is hired to design a new office complex. Once the building is complete, a design flaw is revealed that that allows water to seep into the building, causing masonry damage and mold problems. At a minimum, your client is likely to go after compensation from you to pay for the renovations needed to make the building safe. Without professional liability insurance, architects have to pay for their own legal defense as well as any settlement the court orders them to pay.
Without professional liability insurance, architects are fully liable for the rapidly increasing costs required to defend themselves from claims of errors or omissions. Thats a particularly dangerous situation for a smaller firm.
Workers compensation insurance
For professional architects, like any small business owners, workers compensation insurance can be confusing. While some states require that even solo practitioners and small firms carry it, others dont. If your clients company is based in a state that requires workers compensation insurance, your architecture firm will probably be asked to carry it, even if its not required by the state where you live or work.
Why? In some states, if you were to be injured while working on the clients job, your client would have to cover you with its own workers compensation policy. And, in some states, your clients insurance carriers would bill them for coverage for all subcontractors who dont provide their own certificates of coverage. In both instances, your client would pay more in premiums.
If your architecture company has even one employee, its just a good idea to protect yourself and those who work for you with workers compensation coverage. If youre an independent architect, designer or draftsman and have your own health insurance, workers compensation insurance may actually be redundant. But in the end, when getting the coverage means getting the job, its worth the extra expense.
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