Thursday, February 26, 2009

2009 Official Guide to ABA Schools

The LSAC's 2009 Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools is here! This is an invaluable resource for students hoping to go to law school.

Do you have a chance at getting into a top-tier law school? Find out using the UGPS/LSAT Search. Just follow the link from the Official Guide page and click "Return to Search." Here, you can search last year's admission profiles based on undergraduate GPA and LSAT score. Just input your information, and you'll see how you compare with the mean for each ABA-Approved and LSAC-member law school. The graphic to the right gives you a probability range indicating how likely it is that you'd be accepted to a given law school based on your GPA and LSAT score (using the previous year's admissions numbers). Enjoy!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Practice LSAT (Kaplan)

Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions is hosting a free practice test on UNLV's campus. The test will be held on Saturday, February 21. The practice test will begin at 1:00 pm in BEH 104. To register, visit kaptest.com/practice.

[Note: This information is provided as a courtesty to UNLV Students. UNLV Prelaw does not endorse any particular test preparation company.]

Training and Recruitment Initiative for Admission to Leading Law Schools (TRIALS)

The application deadline for the TRIALS program is fast approaching! You must submit a preliminary application, receive a password, and submit a secondary application by March 1! Final-round applicants may be asked to participate in telephone interviews and take a test in logical reasoning. You will receive a decision by April 15th.

TRIALS is a residential scholarship program that helps talented and motivated college students of modest means gain admission to the nation’s leading law schools. This rigorous five-week summer course enhances opportunities for students of underrepresented backgrounds by bolstering their skills and focusing their goals.

This is sponsored by a partnership of NYU School of Law, Harvard Law School, and the Advantage Testing Foundation.

Summer for Undergraduates Program

The deadline for students to apply to participate in Florida State University College of Law’s 2009 Summer for Undergraduates Program is fast approaching. Applications must be postmarked by Friday, March 27.

This free, four-week intensive program is scheduled to run from May 18 to June 12, 2009. Students can access additional information about the program, including a downloadable application, frequently asked questions, and a sample schedule from our website. Also, see the informational flier.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund Application

The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarhip Fund is designed to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance to the scholarship recipients.

The Fund will award $5,000 of assistance to each recipient who attends an ABA-accredited law school. An award made to an entering first-year student may be renewable for two additional years. This means that a student could receive financial assistance totalling $15,000 over the course of her or her law school career.

The application can be downloaded from the ABA Website. The deadline for submission is March 2, so don't delay! Time is running out!

-UNLV Prelaw