Law School Templates & Tools.
Everything you need to apply to T14 law schools — templates, platforms, and reading.
Templates
Law School Resume Template
One-page law school application resume — chronological format with GPA, activities, legal experience, and honors in the right order.
Cold Outreach Templates
Email templates for reaching out to law school students, alumni, and professors — for informational interviews, RA positions, and recommendation letter requests.
Platforms & Programs
LSAC.org — Official Application Portal
The Law School Admission Council hosts the Credential Assembly Service (CAS), which centralizes all law school applications. You submit once through LSAC and send to multiple schools. Start an account here.
7Sage Applicant Statistics
Real admit/deny outcomes by LSAT and GPA. Search the database to see what scores actually resulted in admission at specific schools — far more useful than published medians.
Law School Transparency (LST)
Bar passage rates, employment outcomes, and debt data for every ABA-accredited law school. Use this before deciding where to apply.
Khan Academy LSAT
Free, official LSAT prep partnered with LSAC. Full practice tests, video explanations, and adaptive learning. The best free resource available.
TRIALS Program — Harvard Law
Summer pipeline program at Harvard Law for underrepresented pre-law students. Apply junior year.
Marshall-Motley Scholars
Full T14 tuition scholarship for students committed to civil rights law. One of the most powerful financial tools in pre-law.
Reading List
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
The definitive memoir of public defense and racial justice work. Essential reading for anyone considering civil rights, criminal defense, or public interest law.
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
A rigorous analysis of mass incarceration and the criminal justice system as a form of racial control. Will reshape how you think about criminal law and reform.
A Civil Action
Jonathan Harr
A gripping narrative about environmental litigation. Shows what litigation actually looks like — discovery, negotiation, trial, and settlement — at full length.
The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein
Documents how federal, state, and local governments explicitly enforced residential segregation through law. Essential background for housing law, civil rights law, and urban policy.
My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
RBG's own writing on gender equality, the law, and her career. A model of what rigorous legal advocacy across decades looks like.
We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Essays on race, politics, and American policy across the Obama years. Connects legal and political structures to lived Black experience.