推荐信范例(LL.M.)

 

Please accept my recommendation for a young man , in my opinion, who enjoys a unique enthusiasm for and ability in the study of law. In all facets of Fu-ping Wang''s record, from his academic to extracurricular to community work, I think the academic committee of your prestigious LL. M. program stands to gain an invaluable asset to next fall''s incoming class, if you accept this prospective student. He has managed to set himself apart from his peers in the law department of Taiwan''s most acclaimed university. NFU sends each year the nation''s best and brightest students to American graduate programs, and it is my pleasure to recommend Fu-ping Wang as yet another example of this excellence.

 

As his undergraduate professor I taught Mr. Wang in two classes pertaining to his major, Criminal Policy and Criminology. He finished in the top 10% in each class. I remember his being an active member of class discussion, a coordinator and conveyor of student opinion. In all completed assignments there was special attention to detail, a special creativity and motivation in opinions and theories that was absent in the majority of his classmates. To say the least, he possesses the necessary reasoning facilities and intelligence to take on the rigorous curriculum of an LL. M. program. I am confident of this fact.

 

But there is more to Mr. Wang than just another candidate who possesses the necessary intelligence and scores. There is his unique enthusiasm for his area of study and its real life impact on the community in which he lives. One senses there is a larger call to duty when he states it is his goal to become a successful legal practitioner. I have noticed a strong affinity for placing a practical application on his academic and research focuses. While too many lawyers have entered their respective field too idealistic to placate the gulf between class and the courtroom, Mr. Wang has illustrated the competence and maturity to reason the difference between the abstract and the reality of this tough profession.

 

More specifically, I am referring to his work on the Judicial Reform Foundation, where he began his practical legal training and volunteer work while still an undergraduate. I trust his abilities to help someday reform Taiwan''s legal codes to match the progressiveness of its present political, social and cultural development. While many of his peers are complacent with and poised to become corporate lawyers, his place will be in the community with the people who do not possess the affluence and education to know fully their rights and duties as citizens.

 

I think that the uniqueness of his record speaks for itself, and I applaud his decision to attend the prestigious academic environment in the United States for her LL. M. Degree. It will provide him with even more legal framework and precedents to meet the trying conditions Taiwan''s rapidly demoractizing society will meet in the coming decades.

 

　

 

Sincerely yours,

 

John WuProfessor

 

　

 

推荐信分析：

 

这封推荐信的第一个优点，就是合乎英文阅读习惯的结构，在第一段就出现了主题句（Topic Sentence），陈述这名申请者之所以值得推荐，是因为申请者有很好的分析与理解能力、清楚的事业蓝图、以及对社会的关怀；接下来的三段，则分别针对分析理解力、事业蓝图、及社会关怀这三个重点举出申请者在课堂表现、法律服务社、以及乡村服务社的具体表现作为例证，同时带出了这个申请者不同於其他法学院学生的领导力与关怀社会的特质。

 

第二个优点，则是具体的形容了申请人所在的母群体。推荐人将这名申请人形容为在母群体中出类拔萃，又将母群体形容成「台湾最好、最聪明的未来律师」，有了具体的比较基础，自然更让对方相信这名申请者的杰出能力。

 

第三点则是强调了申请者的独特性，推荐人藉由申请者的大学社团经验，特别强调当其他法学院学生都竞相投入商业界下海捞钱的现状下，这名申请者却仍保持对社会弱势团体的关怀，并以服务社会作为他一生的职志。

 

不过，能让这封推荐信出色的元素，并不能保证让其他推荐信也有同样出色的效果。申请者在替自己拟推荐信的草稿的时候，要把握住一致性和明确性的原则，并针对个人背景条件，甚至是生命中一些偶发的小事件，来写出一封良好的自我推荐信。