How It Works

The Four Parts of our JD Admissions Consulting Process

1. Educational Consulting

There's a lot more to your law school candidacy than writing your personal statement and supplements; you also have to submit LSAT scores, a resume, recommendations, and a lengthy application. Oh, yeah—you also have to choose which schools to apply to. As a full-service educational consulting firm, Forster-Thomas has expert knowledge on all aspects of your candidacy. We'll give you the insider scoop on different JD programs, helping you choose not just where you can get in, but where you'll be happy once you matriculate.

2. Crafting the Essays

Great personal statements come from the heart, so we need to get to the heart of who you are. To do this, you’ll fill out a detailed inventory of your personal background, your professional and extracurricular accomplishments, the defining moments in your life, and your future aspirations. You’ll even talk about favorite movies and guilty pleasures—often an unexpected source of great anecdotes. Next, you’ll have your first meeting with your creative coach, who will use that inventory as a launching pad to get to know you. We’ll ask tough questions and expect honest answers, so keep the canned responses for a cocktail party. We want to know how you think to ensure that your essays capture the true essence of who you are. That’s how you’ll stand out from the pack.

3. Editing & Review

Once you've finished all the essays for a school, we send them to our copy editor, who hasn't yet seen your work yet. They then step up to the plate to clean up lingering grammar mistakes and sloppy constructions, spell-check the spell-check, and make any final notes to ensure that your essay has an edge with admissions officers. The editor will go over any edits/changes with you, and then review and proofread the final essay one last time—you can never be too confident.

4. Interview Prep

Our support doesn't stop once you've submitted the essays. After all, there's still one more step to go: The interviews. Once you receive an interview request from a school, you'll schedule an Interview Skills session with one of our interview experts. We'll go over the most frequently asked questions and how to answer them, provide you with useful tips and strategies, and ensure that you feel ready to walk in the door with confidence and blow your interviewer away.

Services

Personal Statement: No more "I was a great debater in high school" essays. We inspire you to the best topics and weed out the trite and untrue.

School Selection: Our advice goes far beyond stat-matching: We look at location, special needs, preferred specialties, and personality.

Application Review: No worrying about typos, missing info, or vague answers.

Need only an essay or two? Work with us on a Per Essay basis—each of them will leave the competition in the dust.