To write a successful personal statement for law school, make sure to avoid these common pitfalls.

First is to keep your personal statement from being too long. You’ll want your personal statement for law school to be around 725 words. Personal statements longer than that will lose the reader’s interest.

Second is to make sure your personal statement is focused on where you are currently, why you have chosen law as your career path, why specifically you have chosen the programs you are applying to, and what specific areas of the law you are interested in.

While you may not be certain of the area of the law you want to pursue, you need at least to choose one, or maybe two, for your personal statement. You can always change your mind later. If you are going to choose two, then you need to find the common thread between the two.

Be clear about why you want to pursue a career in law, and be specific. Do not simply state that you want to help people. State specifically what people you want to help, whether it is the poor, immigrants or others. However, when doing so, make sure your statement leads to a viable career option. It is hard to make a career out of working pro bono 40 hours per week.

Your focus needs to be clear from the start to the end of your personal statement.

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