The Law School Recommendation Letter 1. Good letters provide concrete, honest information and illustrations, and demonstrate an enthusiastic tone.
Factual evidence lends support to conclusion-based adjectives.
Read and follow each school's instructions about submitting recommendations carefully. Generally, law schools require two recommendation letters from members of the academic community. Choose references who know your academic work. Law schools are most interested in your ability to handle the intellectual rigor of a legal education. However, if you know an attorney who has graduated from the school to which you are applying, a reference may be useful to the admissions committee.