Pre-Law Resources

Handouts and Guides:

• Law School Application Checklist
• Law School 101 PowerPoint Presentation 
• Law School Application Timelines
  • Direct Entry 
  • Gap Year(s)
• Professions in the Legal Field 
• Sample Resume with Legal Experiences
• Alumni Statistics: Find out where UCSC alumni are going to law school! View this three-year comparison of UCSC applicants admitted to ABA accredited law schools and national applicants. 

External Resources: 

• LSAC: 
  • The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) provides services and information to ease the admission process for law schools and their applicants worldwide (you apply to law school directly through the LSAC). 

• Discover Law, Promoting Diversity in Law:
  • Discover Law presents vast information for students considering law school or preparing for law school through the use of articles and video recordings.

• Law School Numbers :
  • Law School Numbers is a dynamic research and social networking tool for prospective law school applicants.

• My Undocumented Life: 
  • The mission at My Undocumented Life blog is to provide up-to-date information and resources to the undocumented commnity.

• Boston College Law School Locator:
  • Boston College Law School Locator is a worksheet created by Boston College to help students determine the best Law School appropriate based off of GPA and LSAT scores.

• Michigan State University (MSU) College of Law:
  • Watch FREE webinars presented by numerous pre-law advisors and law school admission representatives on a variety of prelaw topics such as: 
  • "Exploring and Planning for Law School for 1st and 2nd Year Students"
  • "Law School 101: Insight from Current Law School Student"
  • "Succeeding on the LSAT"