RESOURCES
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Informative Web Sites
Financial Aid Web SItes
Resources At Hunter

Informative Web Sites

www.lsac.org
Provides information about law school, the LSAT (Law School Admissions Test) and LSDAS (Law School Data Assembly Service). Links to law school web sites.

http://officialguide.lsac.org
Use this address to access the ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools. Helpful essays on preparation for and application to law school. The Official Guide gives four pages of information on each ABA-Approved law school. Includes information on GPA/LSAT score of admitted applicants. Information is searchable.

www.bc.edu/offices/careers/gradschool/law/lawlocator/
A useful tool for identifying law schools where your scores and grades are most competitive for admission.

www.nalp.org
Information from the National Association for Law Placement on trends in legal employment.

www.abanet.org
Information on legal careers; see Pre-Law section of their site.

www.ilrg.com
A legal information website with links to many interesting sites.

www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main-page
Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute

www.idealist.org
Listing of paid and volunteer public service job opportunities – good source of internship opportunities.

www.cleoscholars.com
Information on CLEO Summer Institutes for minority, low income, and disadvantaged candidates for law school.

www.PRLDEF.org
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. Information on programs and support for Latino students interested in entering the legal profession.

www.equaljusticeworks.org
Informative site for students exploring careers in public interest law.

www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/lawschools/
ABA directory of law school public interest and pro bono programs.

Many colleges and universities have helpful pre-law sites. Visit:
http://www.college.uchicago.edu/pre-law/preparing.shtml
http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/preprofessional
http://career.berkeley.edu/Law/Law.stm

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Financial Aid Web Sites

http://law.fordham.edu
Financial aid information is available on law school web sites. For example, visit the financial aid section on Fordham Law School's site.

www.lsac.org
The LSAC site contains an informative section on financing law school including an on-line video. This is a good source of up-to-date info.

www.finaid.com
www.planc.org
www.mcca.com
http://studentservices.hunter.cuny.edu/grants/grants_grants.htm

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Resources at Hunter

Law School Catalogues
The Career Development Services library, on the 8th floor of Hunter East, maintains a collection of law school catalogues. (Ask the receptionist in the Career Development Services reception area for the key to the library.)

Books
The following books are available at the reserve desk on the second floor of Hunter’s library. You can request the book at the reserve desk by providing the call number listed below:

Law School and the Legal Profession

1. Should You Really Be a Lawyer:  The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During & After Law School, by Deborah Schneider, Gary Belsky.
   Call number: KF 297 .S36 2005
   
   
2. Careers in International Law: A Guide to Career Paths and Internships in International Law (2003-2004 Edition).
   Call number: (on order, as of 5/24/05)
   
   
3. How to Get Into the Top Law Schools, by Richard Montauk
   Call number: KF 285 .M66 2004
   
   
4. ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA Approved Law School
   Call number: KF 273 .A87 2004; Landress 4
   
   
5. The Official Guide to Legal Specialties, by Lisa L. Abrams
   Call number: KF 297 .A758 2000
   
   
6. Essays That Worked for Law Schools, by Boykin Curry
   Call number: KF 285 .E87 2003
   
   
7. What Can You Do With a Law Degree – A Lawyer’s Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside & Around the Law, by Deborah Arron
   Call number: KF 297 .A875 2004
   
   
8. The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions, by Anna Ivey
   Call number: KF 285 .I94 2005
   
   
9. The Legal Career Guide:  From Law Student to Lawyer, by Gary Munneke
   Call number: KF 297 .M8619 2002
   
   
10. Financing Law School (DVD produced by LSAC)
    Call number: Landress 67 [DVD]
    
    
11. The Law School Book of Lists by Edward Stern and Gerald Wilson
    (contains helpful lists, e.g. law schools with night programs, dual degree programs, etc.)
    Call number: Landress 5
    
    

LSAT Preparation

1. The Next 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests
   Call number: Landress  1
   
   
2. Logic Games Bible (Powerscore Series)
   Call number: Landress 2
   
   
3. LSAT Logical Reasoning Bible (Powerscore Series)
   Call number: Landress  3
   
   

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