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Post by shibby » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:17 pm

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Re: Link to blog in application?

Post by cinephile » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:31 pm

Probably won't be helpful for admissions, however, many schools seem to host law student blogs. It might be helpful to later getting paid to blog for the school.

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Re: Link to blog in application?

Post by rad lulz » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:42 pm

cinephile wrote:Probably won't be helpful for admissions, however, many schools seem to host law student blogs. It might be helpful to later getting paid to blog shill for the school.

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Re: Link to blog in application?

Post by shibby » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:17 pm

haha. ok cool. i know it won't help much, more concerned over whether or not it would hurt. thanks!

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Re: Link to blog in application?

Post by bp shinners » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:43 pm

Definitely put it on there, as long as you don't have stuff that reflects negatively on you on the blog. It also raises the bar for the blog - make sure it's well-written.

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Re: Link to blog in application?

Post by shibby » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:15 pm

thanks bp

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Re: Link to blog in application?

Post by oshberg28 » Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:37 am

Only on TLS will people be adamantly opposed to including the rank of an international school on one's resume, but including a link to an electronic personal travel journal is a-okay. Good grief. Many TLS'ers abhore the "special snowflake" syndrome, and to me this would be a prime example of one. IMO, posting a link to your blog can only hurt; it won't help. But, perhaps I'm just getting old, haha.

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