2011 LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS AVAILABLE VIEW THE 2011 USNews RANKINGS:  TOP 51, TOP 52-102 TIER THREE (103-`144) AND TIER FOUR (145-188) WE GIVE A RANKING TO THE TIER THREE LAW SCHOOLS AND TO THE TIER FOUR LAW SCHOOLS.

LSDAS IS NOW CAS The Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS) is now known as Credential Assembly Service (CAS). See the LSAC webpage ABOUT THE CREDENTIAL ASSEMBLY SERVICE and see the PRELAW HANDBOOK of the University of North Carolina.      I guess that the name has been changed to protect the innocent.

NUMBERS ARE EVERYTHING THE NUMBER APPLYING TO LAW SCHOOL FOR FALL 2009 85,069 PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR 5.2

ABOUT THIS WEBSITE This website enables college students to decide whether           THEY WANT TO BECOME LAWYERS and guides to law school those who do. This website is totally informative with no advertisements.     FINANCIAL AID SUMMER ENRICHMENT PRELAW PROGRAMS. Some Summer Prelaw Programs are OPEN TO ALL and some are FOR MINORITY AND UNDER-REPRESENTED POPULATIONS. The preceding two links now provide Summer 2010 information. Usually there are not major changes from year-to-year. Beginning in early 2011, these program will gradually update their websites. Attending a prelaw summer program can help a student make a rational choice about whether to attend law school.      TAKE A PRACTICE LSAT TODAY The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is, for many prelaw students, the biggest obstacle between them and admission to a suitable law school (in fact, between them and graduation from a suitable law school). Taking a practice LSAT today may well put the fear of the LSAT in you. This is a good thing if it encourages you to prepare early and often for the LSAT. Actually we are not urging you to take the whole practice LSAT today. We are just urging you to take one of the four multiple-choice sections. Officially for each of these four sections, you are allowed 35 minutes, but since this is your first LSAT attempt, we will give you unlimited time (unfortunately that probably will not be enough). The practice test is, essentially, from the LSAT given in June 2007. Answers are given.      THE PATH FROM ENTERING COLLEGE AS A FRESHMAN TO GRADUATING LAW SCHOOL This path should, in theory, take seven years: four years to earn a Bachelor's Degree and three years to earn a law degree, the Juris Doctor (JD); in addition to the standard three-year JD, Some law schools also have a four-year part-time program leading to the JD degree. This path to the JD involves PRELAW PREPARATION, which includes doing well on the LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST (LSAT) and OTHER ADMISSION FACTORS (e.g. GPA), and determining WHEN AND WHERE TO APPLY.     DEFINING PRELAW STUDENT The expression prelaw student is applied to students interested in attending law school sometime after obtaining the Bachelor's degree. Note that both "prelaw" and "pre-law" are in common use. This website is a handbook for prelaw students.  ACADEMIC RESTRICTIONS ON A PRELAW STUDENT In theory, a prelaw student faces no restrictions on the CHOICE OF MAJOR and no restrictions on the CHOICE OF COURSES, but the choice of major and the choice of courses should be given serious thought and should be discussed with family, prelaw advisors, and academic advisors. The proper choice of major and courses should lead to a high GRADE POINT AVERAGE, a few strong LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, a decent score on the LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST (LSAT), the acquisition of important SKILLS, VALUES, AND KNOWLEDGE that will provide a sound foundation for law school, and a Bachelor's degree in four years or less. WHEN AND WHERE TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL At or before the end of the junior year, it is time to think about WHEN TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL and WHERE TO APPLY TO LAW SCHOOL. Later it will be time to focus on WHICH LAW SCHOOL TO ATTEND.  SPECIAL TOPICS In the appendix, we also consider several SPECIAL TOPICS.