RESEARCHING LEGAL CAREERS
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• Register with the Pre-Law Advising Office in 1134 East by filling out the Pre-Law Registration Form so that your contact information is available.

• Schedule an appointment with the Pre-Law Advisor by calling 772-4882/9 or by e-mailing Barbara.Landress@Hunter.cuny.edu  It is never too soon to meet. A first conversation can center on your goals and motivation for going to law school, as well as how to prepare.

• Join Hunter’s Pre-Law list serve (PRELAW-L) to receive e-mail notice of law-related programs and opportunities throughout the year. To subscribe to the list go to http://hunter.listserv.cuny.edu and click the link “click here to view or search online list archives.” Click the link for PRELAW-L and follow the instructions. 

• Attend panels and information sessions held at Hunter. These include discussions with law students, Hunter alumni who are lawyers, and law school admission officers.
  
  
• Attend the LSAC Law Forum in New York. At the forum, admission officers from law schools throughout the country are available to answer questions. The New York Forum is typically held in early fall. For information, go to www.LSAC.org. PRLDEF (The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund) also holds a law school forum in the fall. For information visit PRLDEF.org.

• Ask the Pre-Law Advisor about Hunter’s Law-Mentoring program.

• Visit Career Development Services in 805 Hunter East. Speak with a career counselor, take some interest assessment tests, and visit their library.

• Familiarize yourself with legal education, the law school admissions process, and legal careers by going to www.LSAC.org the website of the Law School Admissions Council. Read as much as you can about law school and law practice by checking out helpful web sites and other resources.       

• Consider work as a paralegal or intern in a law firm, legal department of a government agency or private company, a prosecutor’s or public defender’s office, or a non-profit legal organization. 

• Conduct informal interviews with lawyers to learn about the legal profession. Talk to friends, family and alumni who are or have been lawyers.

• Contact a law school admissions office to arrange to visit a class for first-year students. Many law schools schedule open houses and other programs for prospective students. Check law school web sites for information. Remember that they are checking you out, as you are checking them out. 

• If you are interested in being in the courtroom, visit courts to observe trials and other proceedings. This will give you a chance to see litigators and judges in action.