Why Do You Want to Go to Law School?
You will be asked quite a few questions on your application forms, but the simplest question of all may prove the most difficult to answer: Who are you, and why do you want to go to law school? This question, in one form or another, appears on virtually every law-school application form and often represents your only opportunity to string more than two sentences together. It is probably the most important part of your law-school application.

Don't Get Carried Away
Although some law schools set no limit on the length of the personal statement, you should not take their bait. You can be certain that your statement will be read in its entirety, but admissions officers are human, and their massive workload at admissions time has an understandable impact on their attention spans.

You should limit yourself to two or, at most, three, typed, double-spaced pages. Does this make your job any easier? Not really. In fact, practical constraints on the length of your essay demand a high degree of efficiency and precision. Your essay needs to convey what kind of thinking, feeling human being you are, and a two-page limit allows for absolutely no fat.