Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised)By: Boykin Curry, Brian Kasbar Law school applicants should consider this a guide to producing a competitive, superior essay. . . . These successful examples speak louder than any written how to instructions could. The Book Watch Each year, thousands of people apply to the most prestigious law schools across the country, competing for an ever smaller number of spaces. But each applicant gets one chance to distinguish himself or herself from the pack: