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The Artist Behind the Artist

Michelle Fabio, Esq. is a professional writer and editor, law school survivor, attorney, and former About.com Guide to Law School ready to help you turn your personal statement into a work of art.

She offers her keen editing eye for grammar, punctuation, word choice, and other technical issues, but more importantly, she’ll steer you in the right direction on the theme, structure, and presentation law school adcomms are looking for.

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The Book

The Art of the Law School Personal Statement by Michelle Fabio, Esq.The Art of the Law School Personal Statement is a 90-page guide to writing a successful law school personal statement.

Michelle has helped hundreds of aspiring students prepare personal statements through both About.com and Personal Statement Artist; you’ll find all her best advice in this handy volume.

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Review & Editing Services

√ Brainstorm ideas that will grab the adcomm’s attention in a good way;

√ Pinpoint and highlight your strongest “law school qualities”;

√ Refine your existing draft so that it is the best reflection of you;

√ Ensure your personal statement is engaging, flawless, and fabulous;

√ Show the adcomm they’d be fools not to welcome you as a 1L.

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Testimonials

“Thank you for making my essays much more lean and smooth to read. Most importantly, your advice of what materials to include or leave out is exactly what I needed. THANK YOU!”

A.S. in Beijing

“What excellent advice and suggestions! I was able to make my application solid because of Michelle’s insights and coaching. She turned my essays from so-so to extraordinary. I would recommend her services to all prospective law school applicants.”

JK in Virginia

“Michelle did a fantastic job on my personal statement. It started out an unorganized mess, but Michelle gave it direction and turned it into an organized effective personal statement. Her edits were tailored to my particular needs, always with elegance and style. In the end, I wound up with an awesome personal statement. Thanks Michelle!”

C.J. in Toronto

“I am so happy with your comments and edits! Your most helpful edit was the first sentence of my conclusion; it makes everything flow! Thanks so much for your help and your encouragement.”

V.W. in Michigan

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Jan 8, 2013

The Art of the Law School Transfer by Andrew B. Carrabis & Seth D. Haimovitch

Posted by michelle in Admissions, Blog, Resources with No Comments

The Art of the Law School Transfer: A Guide to Transferring Law Schools by Andrew B. Carrabis and Seth D. Haimovitch is the only book written specifically for 1L students thinking about transferring to another school; there is also plenty of information for anyone already thinking about accepting one law school's ...

Nov 5, 2012

November Special on Personal Statement Review Services

Posted by michelle in Blog, News with No Comments

October was quite busy as I worked with many law school applicants trying to beat an early decision deadline -- and we did it! *phew* I recently added some of their testimonials to the site if you're curious to know what your fellow applicants thought of my services. Now with November here, if ...

Nov 2, 2012

Explaining LSAT Score Increase in Addendum

Posted by michelle in Addenda, Blog with 2 Comments

One of my clients just found out his October LSAT score, and it was nine points higher than his previous score. Woot! Wait...can we still use "woot" in 2012? Anyway, he asked me whether he should address this in an addendum, and if so, how. First of all, file this under: Great Problem ...

Oct 30, 2012

Testimonials Updated!

Posted by michelle in Blog, News with No Comments

I haven't been very lively on the blog these days because I've been busy reviewing and editing your personal statements, which are some of the finest I've seen in my years of doing this. So for those of you who haven't written yours yet or who are still working on them ...