Pre-Law Resources, University of Cincinnati

Suggested courses, minors, certificates, etc. for pre-law students
UC student organizations - Pre-Law Club, Phi Alpha Delta, and more!
Law School Admissions Council (LSAC)
American Bar Association Pre-Law Guide on Preparing for Law School
AdmissionsDean.com: A guide for pre-law students
American Bar Association Standard 509 Disclosures
LexisNexis - How to Prepare for Law School
NALP (Natl. Assoc. of Law Placement)
- Pre-Law Portal
- NALP Directory of Law Schools
preLaw Magazine published by The National Jurist
Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools
Wilson-Stern Book of Law School Lists
XPlore JD by AccessLex Institute - XploreJD is a free, online search tool by which students answer a series of questions for six primary factors in the law school decision-making process—Location, Cost, Enrollment, Diversity, Curriculum and Outcomes—and then prioritize the attributes that will most impact their final selection.

UC & Cincinnati Resoures and Organizations

Handshake - Internship, Co-Op and Job Opportunities for every UC student to explore!
Bearcats Connect - Harness the Power of the UC Alumni Network - Bearcats Connect is a new platform where UC alumni, students, faculty and staff can network, mentor and grow professionally. You can filter users to find alumni to invite to your meetings/events, send a message to an alumnus with a job that you think is cool, or check out job postings on the job board
Summer Work Experience in Law (SWEL) program - Cincinnati Legal internship program geared toward underrepresented minority students interested in law school and a legal career
Immigrant and Refugee Law Center
Children's Law Center, Northern Kentucky

Ohio Justice and Policy Center
Discover Law- LSAC.org - Get inspired and learn what attending law school and pursuing a career in law can do for you

How to practice safe networking - Whether you are connecting with an alum, a potential employer or a friend of a friend, it's important to take safety precautions when meeting someone new. "Networking up" creates a power dynamic that can at times be difficult to navigate. Consider these tips and advice to help keep you safe.
CLEO Pre-Law Programs
College to Congress - Congressional internship program on Capitol Hill
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Internship Program Application
Washington Center Internships in Washington, D.C. - Many pre-law students gain real-world experience across different governmental agencies through the Washington Center internship program.
Sidley Prelaw Scholars Program - The Sidley Prelaw Scholars Program is designed to increase diversity in law schools and the legal profession by helping diverse, high-performing college students with financial needs offset the high costs of LSAT preparation classes and admissions applications and by helping them prepare for the first year of law school

The LSAT - Official LSAT information, registration and more, from the Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
PPAC's LSAT resource web page for a listing of preparation resources

Student Loan Calcluator
Max Pre-Law
- An online suite of resources offering interactive lessons, webinars, worksheets, checklists and even one-on-one financial strategy coaching from Accredited Financial Counselors (AFC®) and other financial aid experts – to provide aspiring law students with answers to their most pressing questions.
Ask EDNA (Education Network at AccessLex)
AccessConnex
- Service that provides on-demand, one-on-one student loan and financial education information to incoming graduate and professional students to help set them on a sound financial path.
Financing Your Legal Education & other webinars

Harvard’s free implicit bias quizzes. Find out your implicit associations about race, gender, sexual orientation, and other topics implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
Catalyst by SEO Law - provides free resources to students of color applying to law school
PWC’s video series on identifying blind spots www.pwc.com/us/en/about-us/blind-spots.html
Summer Work Experience in Law (SWEL) Cincinnati pre-law summer internship program
LGBTQ Applicants LSAC
National Diversity Pre-Law Conference & Law Fair, National Black Pre-Law Conference, National HBCU Pre-Law Summit and Law Expo & National Hispanic Pre-Law Conference & Law Fair

J.D. Advantage Careers - What is a JD advantage career? In recent years, the term of art “J.D. advantage” was coined to describe careers that don’t require a license to practice law but for which applicants would be greatly advantaged in the job search process if they’ve earned a J.D. These careers span across the public and private sectors and touch on almost all industries involved in the job search today.
- Learn more from NationalJurist.com, as well as the American Bar Association for Law Students.
Human Rights Careers
Legal Compliance - legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/solutions/regulation-and-compliance-management
Legal Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- You can still be connected to the legal fied without earning a J.D. Read about careers as Mediators, Arbitrators, Legal assitants and more.
Master's degrees and other degrees and certificates
- Read about what the LSAC says about programs including Master of Legal Studies (MLS), Master of Science in Law (MSL), Legal Certificate Programs, Doctor of Sciene of Law www.lsac.org/applying-law-school/types-law-degrees
- Master of Science in Law in Corporate Compliance - Fordham Law

Pre-Law Resources