LORs: HAVE to be academic?
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:17 am
I'm applying next cycle, but graduating December 9th. Should I start gathering LORs from professors now?
Now, my more important question... at risk of sounding cheesy, I really tend to blossom in a work environment more so than in school. I write just fine, 3.85 GPA, but I haven't really built a relationship with a professor. I have two people that worked with me on internships that involved some research and writing, is this enough? One is a professor who organizes an internship program where I worked for a senator and the other is an upper level employee of the organization I worked for who worked with me directly on a document that was eventually published. There was a professor leading the second internship, but I don't know her as well so although she was impressed with the work, I don't know if she would write as strong of a letter. Is it a problem to have no LORs speaking to my in-the-classroom capabilities? Or will law schools be more concerned with seeing "Jane Doe, PhD, professor of blahblah" in the signature?
Also, I'll be out of school for 9-10 months before applying, but I've worked throughout college as a legal assistant. Again, my stronger LORs would come from my current and prior employers, should I stick to academic ones instead? Maybe ask a current professor for an LOR while I'm still in his class?
Now, my more important question... at risk of sounding cheesy, I really tend to blossom in a work environment more so than in school. I write just fine, 3.85 GPA, but I haven't really built a relationship with a professor. I have two people that worked with me on internships that involved some research and writing, is this enough? One is a professor who organizes an internship program where I worked for a senator and the other is an upper level employee of the organization I worked for who worked with me directly on a document that was eventually published. There was a professor leading the second internship, but I don't know her as well so although she was impressed with the work, I don't know if she would write as strong of a letter. Is it a problem to have no LORs speaking to my in-the-classroom capabilities? Or will law schools be more concerned with seeing "Jane Doe, PhD, professor of blahblah" in the signature?
Also, I'll be out of school for 9-10 months before applying, but I've worked throughout college as a legal assistant. Again, my stronger LORs would come from my current and prior employers, should I stick to academic ones instead? Maybe ask a current professor for an LOR while I'm still in his class?