Resources for Pre-Law Students

• Law School Numbers
  www.lawschoolnumbers.com
  Law School Numbers is a free, publicly accessible database of user-supplied law school applicant information with the intent of helping other applicants judge their chances in the upcoming Law School admissions cycle.
  
  
• Law School Admission Council
  www.lsac.org
  LSAC is a nonprofit corporation whose members are more than 200 law schools in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It was founded in 1947 to coordinate, facilitate, and enhance the law school admission process. The organization also provides programs and services related to legal education.
  
  
• Wagner Career Fair
  The NYU Wagner Career Fair will bring together representatives of nonprofit organizations; federal, state, and local government agencies; hospitals and health organizations; urban planning agencies; international organizations; and private sector companies that have a public sector component for informal meetings with Wagner students and alumni. The Career Fair is a great opportunity to practice interviewing skills, network, and make personal contacts with agencies that can turn into job offers down the road
  
  
• 2008 Public Interest Legal Career Fair
  www.law.nyu.edu/depts/publicinterest/pilcfair/
  The Public Interest Law Center (PILC) at New York University School of Law holds an annual Public Interest Legal Career Fair. It is known as the nation's largest public interest legal career fair.
  
  The Fair gives employers the opportunity to meet with students and allows students to interview with employers for internships and permanent jobs, as well as to talk with employers at information tables. Last year, more than 1,700 law students and representatives from 189 organizations attended the Fair.
  
  
• ForPeopleofColor.org
  www.forpeopleofcolor.org
  Empowering people of color to enter law school and become lawyers. Sign up and receive access to a guide for the law school application process
  
  
• Albany Law School Open House:
  For more information, please call the Admissions Office at 518-445-2326 or e-mail admissions@albanylaw.edu.
  
  
• American Bar Association:
  www.abanet.org
  Various internship opportunities including opportunities abroad.
  
  
• Law School Admission Council:
  www.lsac.org/LSAC.asp?url=lsac/minorities-in-legal-education.asp
  
  
• Council on Legal Education Fund:
  http://www.cleoscholars.com/pre_law_programs/asap.cfm
  Students can apply for a summer program post graduation that will help them increase their chances of getting accepted into law school. In addition, there is a seminar on achieving success in the application process.