LSAT Prep and Law School Admissions Resources

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Helpful Links

There is more to attending law school than scoring your highest on the LSAT. Clicking on a link will open that site in a new window. Enjoy!

The Basics

The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) The Law School Admissions Council is your portal to taking the LSAT and applying to law schools. Your LSAT score, your recommendations, your personal statement, your entire app will go through them to the schools you wish to apply to.
Top Law Schools This site seeks to "provide you with the necessary information to successfully navigate you through the law school application process and find the ideal law school." It does a good job.
The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) CLEO was founded to expand opportunities for minorities and low-income students to attend law school and become members of the legal profession by providing pre-law recruitment, counseling, placement assistance and training.
Lawyers.com—Law Areas Definitions of different law practice areas and links to articles.
Preparing for Law School (American Bar Association) The most useful page on the ABA site for those considering law school.
The Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP) Has information on the current legal market.

Law School Rankings

U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings (2009) Love them or hate them, these are the standard law school rankings.
Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings A popular ranking site that has specific rankings often based on more narrowing defined criteria such as Student Quality Rankings or Supreme Court Placement.
The Law School Ranking Game A nifty program that allows you to rank law schools based on the criteria you value.
Top Law Schools 2009 Rankings Top Law Schools consolidates some of the law school rankings available, allowing you to compare a school across various ranking systems.
Law School Job Placement An analysis of how successfully top law schools place their graduates at top firms throughout the country.
The Most Underrated Law Schools (Vault) An interesting ranking which could prove useful to many applicants.
The Consus Group Composite Law Rankings A ranking system that takes into account other ranking systems and other parameters.
Judging the Law Schools A ranking system published by Thomas M. Cooley School of Law that claims to be more objective than U.S. News and World Report's ranking.

Critiques of Law School Ranking Systems

The Validity of the U.S. News and World Report Ranking of ABA Law Schools Well written article analyzing how well the U.S. News rankings actually measure the quality of a law school.
U.S. Law Deans' Letter on Law School Rankings Deans of law schools weigh in on how much importance to place on rankings.
U.S. News & World Report's 2005 Law School Rankings: Why They May Not Be Trustworthy, and How the Alternative Ranking Systems Compare Gives a history of some of the ranking systems and speaks to the validity of several.
Law School Rankings in the U.S. (A Wikipedia Article) An analysis of how successfully top law schools place their graduates at top firms throughout the country.

Law School Information

ILRG 2009 Law School Profiles An alphabetical listing of links to law schools that provide the school's websites, admission, bar exam and employment statistics, and much more.

To Attend or Not to Attend?

Is Law School Right for you? (Moose Law) Solid advice and information regarding the choice to attend law school.

University and College Pre-Law Websites

Boston College Tons of information about everything pre-law.

Recommendations

Accepted.com Recommendation Advice Advice on getting great recommendations

Traveling before Law School

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