Electronic Prelaw Advising

Students should realize that the sites listed below can serve only as a starting place. It is important for you to schedule a meeting with the prelaw advisor on your campus.

1. Timeline
   
2. Academic Preparation
   
3. LSAT Preparation
   • Kaplan
   • Princeton Review
   • Test Prep
   • Home LSAT
4. Sample LSAT
   
   • Adobe file from law services
   • On-line from Princeton Review
5. Law Services
   
6. Application components
   
   • LSAT
   • Transcripts -- GPA
   • Letters of recommendation
     • Law Services
     • U. Richmond
   • Personal statement
     • Boston College
     • U. Chicago
7. Choosing a law school
   • LSACD
   • Law Services Official Guide to Law Schools (amazon)
   • Official ABA guide to Law Schools (amazon)
   • Dean's Letter
8. Contacting law schools
9. Minority Law Students
10. Financial Aid (thanks to Melanie Nutt--Wake Forest School of Law)
    • Department of Education Student Guide
    • Access Group
    • FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
    • Scholarship Scam Alert
    • FAST WEB (free on-line scholarship search)

If I only hade two sites from which to start --

1. Univ. of Richmond Prelaw Guidebook A comprehensive step-by-step guide to prelaw advice.
2. LSU Prelaw Page Links to just about anything a prelaw student could want.

If I had a few others --

• Internet Legal Resource Guide A general and comprehensive listing of legal information.
• Hieros Gamos Another general and comprehensive listing of legal information.
• Legal Information Institute Best legal site if you don't have Lexis-Nexis or Westlaw.

Send comments to: Dr. Nim Batchelor