Timeline for Law School Preparation

The law school application process typically begins about a year before your intended start date, with the LSAT ideally taken in the spring or summer before applying. Applications should be submitted in the fall to maximize your chances, as many schools operate on a rolling admissions basis.

*Note: this timeline is only a suggestion of how to prepare yourself for law school.

First-Year and Sophomore Years

• Focus on doing well in course and achieving a high GPA
• Develop relationships with Professors so that they can write letters of recommendation that really speak to who you are

Junior Year

• Get experience through an internship
• Study abroad
• Take on leadership positions in organizations
• Decide when you are taking the LSAT (*best time to take LSAT is in the summer before your Senior Year) and begin studying
• Look into which schools you want to apply to and visit Law School campuses
• Second semester, you should think about who you would like to ask to write you a letter of recommendation

Senior Year

• Take LSAT if you have not already done so
• Begin applying to Law Schools in the fall
• Once you decide which schools you are applying to, approach Professors for letters of recommendation