American Bar Association
- ABA Approved Law Schools
- Law schools that are ABA-approved provide a legal education that meets a minimum set of standards promulgated by the Council and Accreditation Committee of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Every U.S. jurisdiction has determined that graduates of ABA-approved law schools are eligible to sit for the bar exam in their respective jurisdiction.
- Preparing for Law School
- FAQs
Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
- Admission Made Simple: Your Journey to Law School (2019)
- Which Field of Law is Right for You?
- Fields of Law
- How to evaluate Law Schools
- LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools
- Infographic of Applying to Law School: Navigating the Application Process
- LSAC FAQ
- Discover Law
AccessLex
- About AccessLex
- Pre-Law Services
- AccessLex Student Loan Calculator
- Max Pre-Law Tool – MAX Pre-Law is part of AccessLex Institute’s commitment to improving access, affordability, and value of legal education. It was designed by a team of JDs, financial aid experts, law school admissions professionals and experienced pre-law advisors, with the aim of giving clear, unbiased, actionable information to support aspiring law students. And, this suite of resources is meant to be useful to people with different learning styles and preferences.
- XploreJD– a free, online search tool offering aspiring law students a data-based approach to finding law schools that best meet their criteria. By answering questions for six primary factors in the law school decision-making process—Location, Cost, Enrollment, Diversity, Curriculum and Outcomes—and prioritizing the attributes that will most impact their decision, they can, with the help of XploreJD’s proprietary algorithm, build a list of potential law school options that fit what they want and need in your law school experience.
- Analytix– puts law school data into clear and accessible formats, allowing you to readily analyze, research and compare law school-specific information. It also puts the power to benchmark various law schools, display trends, gain crucial insights and fuel independent research right in the hands of those who need it
- Programs for Diversity
- LexScholars- a diversity pipeline initiative aimed at learning more about effective methods for increasing law school diversity by providing more than 1,200 aspiring lawyers with resources and guidance to pursue their goal of attending law school. LexScholars targets prospective law students from underrepresented racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds who possess potential for law school success but may be unlikely to gain admission due to unfavorable LSAT scores and undergraduate grades.
Books to Read:
- Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for Students By Robert H. Miller
- Getting to Maybe By Richard Michael Fischl & Jeremy Paul
- The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law By Ward Farnsworth
- 24 Hours with 24 Lawyers By Jasper Kim
- 1L if a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School By Andrew J. McClurg
- Failing Law Schools By Brian Z. Tamanaha
- Don’t Go To Law School (Unless) By Paul Campos
- Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future By Richard Susskind
Other Resources
- Prelaw Guru Blog– Created by previous UW Pre-Law Adviser Peg Chang
- University of Washington Tacoma-Pre-Law Advising
- University of Washington Tacoma– B.A. in Criminal Justice Program
- Yale– Applying to Law School
- Yale Law School– Profiles & Statistics
- Yale Law School– Entering Class Profile & Fun Facts
- Penn State– What can I expect in law school?
- UW Law School – [Video] Life as 1L (Part 1)
- U.S. News- Rolling Admissions
- The National Law Journal
- U.S. News- 10 Tips to Build a Strong Law School Application
- Huffington Post- Getting Accepted to a Top Law School: What Really Matters
- Power Score & Admissions Dean- Creating a Killer Law School Application
- InGenius Prep- [Video] What it Takes to Get Admitted: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Law School Admissions Process