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bceagles182 wrote:I feel like they would since knowing multiple languages makes you much more employable after law school and they care about their placement figures.

bceagles182 wrote:Granted knowing multiple languages will probably get you relegated to heavy document review of foreign language material once you are employed.

MF248 wrote:Yes. I suspect law schools care very much if you don't know English.

andyman wrote:

MF248 wrote: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

holydonkey wrote: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.

Mr. Matlock wrote:Two or more languages, plus a waiver away from a SAG card = The Law School T14 Golden Ticket

bceagles182 wrote:Granted knowing multiple languages will probably get you relegated to heavy document review of foreign language material once you are employed.

orphanarium wrote:*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.

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

342848386278 wrote: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 wrote:

andyman wrote: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

kittenmittons wrote:

andyman wrote: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

EdmundBurke23 wrote:

bceagles182 wrote: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.