Top Pre-Law Resources on the Internet
Comprehensive Pre-Law Websites
Law School Admissions Council
http://www.lsac.org
This is the site of the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), the
organization that creates and administers the LSAT exam. This is a
must-view site, because the entire law school application process is
going on-line, and LSAC runs the show. The site will allow you to
register for the LSAT on-line, subscribe to the LSDAS (transcript
reporting service), order LSAT study materials, obtain software for
completing your law school applications, and participate in its
letter of recommendation service. The site also contains the ABA/LSAC
Guide to U.S. Law Schools, which includes information about every
accredited law school. The Guide is searchable by criteria such as
geographic location and GPA and LSAT scores. In addition, the site
has a practice LSAT test available for free, and lots of other
useful information about anything and everything pre-law.
Internet Legal Resource Guide
http://www.ilrg.com
If you want pre-law information, this is the place! The ILRG is a
categorized index of over 4,000 (yes, 4,000!) law-related websites.
This site provides exhaustive information on law schools, LSAT
preparation, application strategies, rankings, and pre-law materials
from various colleges and universities. It also contains information
about law firms, salaries, practice areas, legal research, and on
and on and on. Truly one-stop shopping.
Hieros Gamos Legal Research Pre-Law Section
http://www.hg.org
This site provides a long list of links to law schools, law firms,
bar associations, legal journals, and other law-related topics. It
offers five language choices.
Rankings
Boston College Law School Locator
http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/gradschool/law/lawlocator/
This is a great site. It allows you to input your GPA and LSAT score
and receive a list of law schools where you'll be competitive. The
locator lists the 25th to 75th percentile LSAT scores (where 80% of
students fall) for all of the accredited law schools in the country.
U.S. News and World Report Rankings
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/bcrank.htm
This is the on-line version of the magazine's rankings. It's a
decent site to obtain information, but remember that rankings of
this sort are suspect, because they use criteria that may not be
important to you. You need to develop a list of criteria for what
you want in a law school, and then create your own ranking. Most law
school deans and pre-law advisors strongly dislike the U.S. News
rankings because they are rather arbitrary and are often “taken as
gospel” by students.
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LSAT Preparatory Services
Many prep courses are available; new on-line courses are emerging
every day, it seems. Kaplan and Princeton Review are included here
because they are well-established and reputable.
Kaplan
http://www.kaplan.com/lsat
Princeton Review
http://www.princetonreview.com/law
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Legal Careers
National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
http://www.nalp.org/
This is the top site used for law students seeking employment. It
provides data on trends in law practice, in-demand practice areas,
salary surveys, legal recruitment, etc.
American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org
There's also a pre-law section at www.abanet.org/legaled/prep.html
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Paralegal Education
National Federation of Paralegal Associations
http://www.paralegals.org/
National Association of Legal Assistants
http://www.nala.org/
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Financial Aid
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
This is the federal government's web site. It has links to various
topics that provide general financial aid information (loans,
grants, work-study, etc.) You should also consult the web sites of
the law schools to which you are applying. Virtually every American
law school has its own web site.
For more information about financial aid, consult "I Made It! But
How Do I Pay For It?." It contains a more extensive list of law
school financial aid web sites. |
