Interested in Law School? I Need Your Help!

LosingID8

CA10828 Posts

March 29 2010 23:08 GMT

Hi guys, I need your help!

As an RA I'm hosting a series of pre-professional programs. We've already had a career fair workshop and interview tip session. We're now moving to pre-law, pre-health, and possibly pre-Ph.D (and we have teaching English in Asia as well as Teach for America info sessions in the future).

We are getting a professor from the USC Gould School of Law to come and talk with undergrads who are interested in attending law school. The prof wants to give a little presentation in the beginning before it moves to Q&A which is awesome, but he wants a list of questions that he can touch on during his talk so he can make it more structured. The problem is that I'm pre-health, not pre-law so I have no idea about what pre-law students have questions about.

Please help me out and suggest questions that you may have as a pre-law student!

Thanks!

illu

Canada2531 Posts

March 29 2010 23:14 GMT

What kind of undergraduate degree do you think best prepares one for law school?

M155_G33k

United States470 Posts

March 29 2010 23:24 GMT

What was your experience with balancing school, work, and play?

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

March 30 2010 00:19 GMT

how important is the LSAT in determining law school acceptances (I.E LSAT score vs. GPA)

Hot_Bid

Braavos36375 Posts

March 30 2010 00:36 GMT

ask him a really specific constitutional law question about a specific case -- this will likely be a funny joke lol

lowbright

308 Posts

March 30 2010 00:54 GMT

im no expert on law schools but from talking to people who are doing prelaw and are in law school, it seems that gpa is important, but more of a cutoff thing, as in you can't have a 2.0 and a 4.0 is impressive, but it's not the main determinant. the lsat is a standardized test, so comparative scores matter more since it compares individuals objectively without looking at who went to what school

i might be completely wrong though

bellweather

United States404 Posts

March 30 2010 01:05 GMT

If it's a professor that's not on adcomm, I'd refrain from asking questions about getting into LS. These things will probably come up in Q&A, but he's not privy to that kind of information. illu/Xeris's questions will ellicit generic responses which anyone can anticipate (ie; "none specifically need to know how to read comprehensively/write well" and "although the LSAT is a critical component we look at the entire application in evaluating the prospective student").

I'd ask him/her about student publications (journals). How many/ their breadth and scope.

Chameleon

United States604 Posts

March 30 2010 03:42 GMT

**What are common mistakes first year law students make?
**Are there any specific extracurricular activities or organizations that help prepare a student for law school or make them a more attractive law school applicant?
**What are the biggest differences between law school and other graduate school programs?
**Biggest differences between law school and undergrad?
**Any advice on whether or not taking a year or two off before law school might be a good idea?
**What are the most important factors to look for in a law school (i know its a little different than other grad programs where you can just look for someone who does research on your specialty)?
**What is the most difficult part of law school?

etc etc