| If you want to know how to get into Harvard Law | | | | two or three years, seeing you in class, and grading |
| School, you cannot overlook your letters of | | | | your work, they should find it fairly easy to write a |
| recommendation. The two most important things to | | | | good letter for you. |
| remember with letters of recommendation are who | | | | I chose three English professors: one Harvard |
| they come from and when you ask for them. | | | | graduate and two Yale graduates. I had taken a |
| When I attended Harvard Law School, I learned from | | | | course with the Harvard graduate my sophomore |
| one of my roommates that he discovered-after the | | | | year, and he was both, my advisor for selecting |
| fact-that one of his letters of recommendation was | | | | courses and my advisor for my senior thesis (which I |
| not a positive endorsement! This fact cannot be | | | | was already working on and visiting him about while |
| overlooked. Do not request a letter from a professor | | | | he was writing my letter of recommendation). In |
| who you do not know with absolute certainty will | | | | addition, I casually stopped by his office from time to |
| write a glowing recommendation for you. This level | | | | time to talk about other things, like life, other |
| of certainty requires a deep familiarity with that | | | | literature, and movies. I had also taken one course |
| professor. Therefore, you should begin forming | | | | each (one my sophomore year and one the first |
| relationships with professors as early as your | | | | semester of my junior year) with the two Yale |
| freshman year! | | | | graduates and participated extensively in both |
| That's right. If you are wondering how to get into | | | | classes. I got A's in all three courses. |
| Harvard Law School, here is what you must do. | | | | This process involves a lot of work, but it is not |
| Identify three professors within your major who | | | | redundant or additional work. Getting into Harvard |
| have prestigious pedigrees (of the Ivy League | | | | Law School simply requires you to work smarter, not |
| variety) and credentials and take courses with them | | | | harder. Working hard to secure good |
| as early as the curriculum allows. Do well in their | | | | recommendations entails working hard in these |
| courses. (This goes without saying.) Get an A in each | | | | classes. That effort will simultaneously help you attain |
| course, and participate in class. Above all, make sure | | | | a high GPA. In addition, placing yourself on a healthy |
| they know who you are in class. In addition, develop | | | | schedule of studying and comprehending will help you |
| a relationship with them. Choose one as your advisor | | | | slide right into a similar schedule of studying for the |
| when selecting courses for the following semester. | | | | LSAT when that challenge arrives. |
| Stop by their offices to ask questions about the | | | | You should ask for your letters from these |
| course material. The point is to give them material | | | | professors in the spring of your junior year. The |
| that they can draw on when writing your letter of | | | | earlier, the better. They should have enough time to |
| recommendation. | | | | complete them, preferably several months. Asking |
| Professors receive numerous requests for letters of | | | | for them this early is another reason why you should |
| recommendation. You do not want to be just | | | | forge relationships with these professors as early and |
| another item on their to-do list. If you want to get | | | | as effectively as possible. |
| into Harvard Law School, you will have to do better | | | | This advice about letters of recommendation is critical |
| than that. In order to get a good recommendation | | | | if you are wondering how to get into Harvard Law |
| from them, you have to make it easy and enjoyable | | | | School. |
| for them to write you one. After knowing you for | | | | |