Do law schools care about what languages you speak? Forum

[jdhopeful11]

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[jdhopeful11]

if so, to what extent? just a 'soft' ?

[bceagles182]

I feel like they would since knowing multiple languages makes you much more employable after law school and they care about their placement figures.

[jdhopeful11]

I feel like they would since knowing multiple languages makes you much more employable after law school and they care about their placement figures.

wow so being fluent in arabic and syriac must be a huge plus then

[bceagles182]

Granted knowing multiple languages will probably get you relegated to heavy document review of foreign language material once you are employed.

[MF248]

Yes. I suspect law schools care very much if you don't know English.

[jdhopeful11]

Granted knowing multiple languages will probably get you relegated to heavy document review of foreign language material once you are employed.

[jdhopeful11]

Yes. I suspect law schools care very much if you don't know English.

I was waiting for a wise guy to pick up on that

[MF248]

Yes. I suspect law schools care very much if you don't know English.

I was waiting for a wise guy to pick up on that

You're welcome.

[dancinginseptember]

i don't speak spanish, japanese, or french...

[holydonkey]

Not sure the Arabic will do you any good, but Syriac is your golden ticket! If only you spoke Aramaic, then you could get big law.

[jdhopeful11]

Not sure the Arabic will do you any good, but Syriac is your golden ticket! If only you spoke Aramaic, then you could get big law.

I am Aramaic tho lol

[Mr. Matlock]

Two or more languages, plus a waiver away from a SAG card = The Law School T14 Golden Ticket

[jdhopeful11]

Two or more languages, plus a waiver away from a SAG card = The Law School T14 Golden Ticket

Thank you sir

[EdmundBurke23]

Granted knowing multiple languages will probably get you relegated to heavy document review of foreign language material once you are employed.

I'm actually very interested in this point. I noticed that a lot of foreign language doc review projects are being handed out to temps, but does anyone know of any cases, or at least the possibility of, full-time associates handling foreign language doc reviews?

At this point, I have virtually no reason to believe that being fluent in an Asian language that's not Chinese (Korean) is of any use for my legal career.

[orphanarium]

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[jdhopeful11]

*My answer to this question is based on the assumption that you're asking this to see if listing that you're bilingual will help your application in any way.

i think it will strengthen your law school app if its contextualized the right way.

if you spend a lot of time talking about identifying with a certain ethnic/cultural background in your apps, then mentioning that you also speak a different language helps to validate that claim.

Also, if you talk about wanting to serve a underserved community who face language barriers or being very interested in international law or immigration, then again, mentioning that you speak another language somewhere in your apps may help.

Or even if you talk about a study abroad trip in your PS as being especially important or if you talk about how your particular LSAT score doesn't reflect your academic ability because of cultural/language differences.

I mean, there are a lot of situations where I could imagine being bilingual to be at least a minor soft factor in your app.

And realistically, mentioning that you're bilingual isn't ever going to hurt you.

In that case, I guess the least meaningful way to express your 4-language abilities is to mention it in your resume. Dang.

[kittenmittons]

Nein ist TCR

[jdhopeful11]

i wonder how many of the voters who voted 'no' voted 'no' only because they only speak English.

[342848386278]

Simply listing languages isn't necessarily going to distance an applicant, but I think that applying those other languages can make for a good soft. I could be wrong on this, but I've gotten the impression that international work/travel stands out to adcoms. At least, I'm hoping that's the case...

[kittenmittons]

i wonder how many of the voters who voted 'no' voted 'no' only because they only speak English.

There is a lot of autofellatio in your threads bro

[jdhopeful11]

Simply listing languages isn't necessarily going to distance an applicant, but I think that applying those other languages can make for a good soft. I could be wrong on this, but I've gotten the impression that international work/travel stands out to adcoms. At least, I'm hoping that's the case...

well i mentioned the fact that I used to own an online Middle Eastern business when I was 17, so I GUESS that can be considered applying my language abilities somewhere else in my app

[Mr. Matlock]

i wonder how many of the voters who voted 'no' voted 'no' only because they only speak English.

There is a lot of autofellatio in your threads bro

Well, I suppose he takes what he can get.

[jdhopeful11]

i wonder how many of the voters who voted 'no' voted 'no' only because they only speak English.

There is a lot of autofellatio in your threads bro

haha sorry this is my first day legitimately using the board, so im a bit antsy.............no homo

[bceagles182]

Granted knowing multiple languages will probably get you relegated to heavy document review of foreign language material once you are employed.

I'm actually very interested in this point. I noticed that a lot of foreign language doc review projects are being handed out to temps, but does anyone know of any cases, or at least the possibility of, full-time associates handling foreign language doc reviews?

At this point, I have virtually no reason to believe that being fluent in an Asian language that's not Chinese (Korean) is of any use for my legal career.

I do, on one of my cases @ a V10. We have a single associate on the case who has been hit with virtually all of the Spanish documents since he joined the firm. We had previously sent Spanish to outside vendors for translation but one time the tab for three boxes of translations came out to be almost 200k and the partner wasn't pleased.