Presenting ECs as a Non Trad

[AnotherLawyer]

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I've taken a close look at my ECs as I get closer to applying. I was happy to (re)discover that I did quite a bit back when I was a student. I have 500+ hours as a volunteer EMT and 1000+ hours as a volunteer fireman in college. 400+ hours of probono activities in law school. A bunch of other miscellaneous stuff from that time.

But then my professional career and parenthood kicked in. As a working adult my volunteer activities have been fewer and farther between. I probably average around 30-50 hours per year doing various legal/Army volunteer related stuff. I have about 50 recent shadowing hours and I plan to pick up 100-200 hours of clinical volunteering over the next year leading into my application.

I know my shadowing plus clinical volunteering puts me around the SDN minimum recommended numbers. Do you think that is problematic, or does the fact that I had decent ECs back when I was a traditional student make my current minimum numbers better?

Hopefully some adcoms can weigh in too. @Goro

 

[Goro]

I think that you'll be just fine!

And many thanks for your service to our country. Hooahh!

 

[ADSigMel]

I'm sorry to hi-jack, AnotherLawyer, but I have a follow-up. Like you, I'm many years removed from undergrad, but I was very active in campus and community affairs at that time, and I continue to be very active in the community now. I'm wondering how far back to go with listing my activities. I probably get in around 300 hours of service every year between my various organizations, and that's been the case for me for the past six or seven years. Should I also be talking about the stuff I did in college 10+ years ago? How do you decide what's relevant to list on an application?

 

[AnotherLawyer]

I think that you'll be just fine!

And many thanks for your service to our country. Hooahh!

Thanks, Goro! I hope all adcoms are as pro-military as you are.