255: The Dos and Don'ts of Writing Samples (w/Sadie Jones)
The Law School Toolbox Podcast: Tools for Law Students from 1L to the Bar Exam, and Beyond
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How to Write a Good Legal Writing Sample
You should think of this more as your resume and cover letter type style document than you think of it as an exam or some of your submitting for legal writing. I think ideally too you want this to show some level of analysis and not just be something you know people sometimes think well the only thing I worked on were discovery responses that's probably not really appropriate to use as a writing sample. You definitely want other eyes on this. It's usually pretty obvious if somebody has totally changed everything for you but in terms of like making sure your citations are all correct and those kind of things your formatting is consistent.
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