Why You Need an LSAC Account ASAP

The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) website has a lot of wonderful resources for law school applicants. But if you don't have an LSAC account and you're planning on applying during this application cycle, you need to get one, now.

First of all, the LSAC website is the portal through which you submit your applications. Most schools will not accept online applications any other way; you'd have to do hard copies for every individual school. But the LSAC website gives you to-do lists of what else your application requires, compiles all the information that you submit, and sends it off to each school that you apply to.

Your past schools and your recommenders can submit your transcripts and letters of recommendation directly to the website, so that you can be sure that each school that you apply to receives them, rather than hoping that each one individually makes its way to the school, with no confirmation about whether or not it does.

Basically, if you don't want to lose your mind from stress this application season, or get rejected from all your schools because you forgot to send out your personal statements or something, the LSAC website is the way to go.

Furthermore, you're going to need an LSAC account to register for the LSAT. No getting around it, the LSAT is administered by the LSAC and you've got to give them some personal information (and pay them) before you can register for the test.

Finally, you get access to some cool stuff once you've got an account. You need an account to register for law forums, to view their official guides and reviews on all law schools, and to access their new Khan Academy LSAT prep material (my review of which will be forthcoming). 

Basically, the LSAC exists to make your life as an applicant easier. Take advantage of what they're offering you.