Top Law Schools

how important are extra curricular activities in applying to law schools?

i've done the same internship for two consecutive summers (in the government) and will be published in a secondary scientific journal for an article i wrote about scientific policy....

would this make up for the fact that i participate in no extra curricular activities during my school year? i'll be a junior this fall so i'm thinking that it would be hard for me to get a leadership position before i apply (i'm thinking about applying during my senior year then go straight onto law school)

what do you all think?

Softs are not that important in the scheme of things. Your softs are about average, maybe slightly above as I have heard that getting published is well-liked by adcomms. Not participating in extra-curriculars during the school year will not have a significant effect. They will be looking at your softs as a whole, which again, are small potatoes compared to your GPA and LSAT.