Pre-Law Preparation
Application Process
In your Junior year. . .
Spring
- Register with LSDAS.
- Prepare for LSAT (Practice Tests, Course, Prep Book).
- Plan to take the LSAT in June, if possible (though it will also work to take it in the fall of your senior year).
- Read the Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools and consider the schools to which you might apply.
- Think about who might write your faculty letters of reference.
Summer
- Send transcript to LSDAS.
- Decide on competitive, safety and long-shot schools to which you will apply.
- Draft a generic personal statement.
- If possible, visit the law schools that interest you.
In your Senior year. . .
September-November: Manage the application process
- Secure application materials.
- Talk to potential references about your interests and choices.
- Speak with a pre-law advisor.
- Take or retake the LSAT in October if necessary—register by late August.
- Attend a group presentation on application strategies (sign up in the Career Center).
October 15-December 15: Visit the Career Center
- Define your values, interests and goals.
- Learn about effective résumés and interviews.
October
- Personal Statement Workshop with pre-law advisor.
January
- Send official transcript with fall grades directly to law schools IF they are significantly better than what they have received already.
April
- Visit schools to which you have been admitted and send a deposit to one school only.
- Update the schools at which you have been waitlisted on your latest GPA, honors, senior thesis, extracurricular activities, etc.
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