Preparation Timeline
First Year
- Focus on your grades.
- Explore major and minor options.
- Attend Pre-Law 101 in September.
- Consider joining Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law fraternity.
- Speak with someone in the legal profession.
Sophomore Year
- Focus on your grades.
- Attend Pre-Law 201 in September.
- Continue to develop skills that will make you a better candidate.
- Select and declare your major.
- Get to know your professors.
- Research law schools and the legal field.
- Consider an internship or part-time job.
- Take Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) practice tests.
Junior Year (Fall)
- Explore the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) website.
- Sign up to take the LSAT.
- Update your resume.
- Begin working on your Personal Statement.
- Complete your list of targeted schools.
- Make an appointment with the Pre-Law Advisor.
Junior Year (Spring)
- Identify faculty/supervisors for letters of recommendation.
- Attend the Junior Pre-Law Advising Workshop in February.
- Prepare for the LSAT.
- Finalize your resume.
- Finalize your personal statement.
- Register for the Credential Assembly Service (CAS).
- Apply to law schools.
Summer
- Take the LSAT.