{"id":22,"date":"2020-08-27T19:41:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T19:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.wp.nau.edu\/pre-law\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2021-08-23T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:29:10","slug":"applying-to-law-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/applying-to-law-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying to law school"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Applying to law school<\/h1>\n<h2>Explore law schools that are a good fit for you with these resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The American Bar Association\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/legal_education\/resources\/aba_approved_law_schools\/in_alphabetical_order\/\">Official Guide\u00a0to ABA-Approved Law Schools<\/a> offers a comprehensive guide to all ABA-approved programs in the United States and US territories.<\/li>\n<li>The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) offers a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/officialguide.lsac.org\/release\/OfficialGuide_Default.aspx\">searchable database<\/a> of all ABA-approved law schools.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bc.edu\/content\/dam\/files\/offices\/careers\/pdf\/Law%20School\/2016%20Law%20Locator%20Final.pdf\">Boston College On-Line Law School Locator<\/a> can help you identify schools where your scores and grades are most competitive for admission and help you gauge your chance of admission at a particular school. The chart is useful in evaluating law school choices but cannot determine where you should or should not apply.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawschooltransparency.com\/\">Law School Transparency<\/a> is a nonprofit that provides a\u00a0searchable database\u00a0designed to help prospective law students make informed decisions when choosing a law school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to write your statement of interest<\/h3>\n<p>Your statement of interest is an important component of your law school application\u2014admissions staff look over these intently and students should not overlook this part of the process. NAU pre-law advisors can help you develop this specialized skill to give you the best chance at earning admittance to the law school you choose.<\/p>\n<h3>How to prepare for the LSAT<\/h3>\n<p>NAU offers <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/academic-success-centers\/lsat\/\">resources to help you prepare<\/a> for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).<\/p>\n<h3>How to ask for letters of recommendation<\/h3>\n<p>You\u2019ll interact with many knowledgeable, caring, and well-connected faculty and staff during your pre-law education at NAU. Give them plenty of time and the materials they need to write you a letter of recommendation with impact. We\u2019ll give you advice on how to handle this essential aspect of your law school application.<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"shortcode-button\" href=\"http:\/\/nau.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_24sH2nFYEMN6uLr\">Join our listserv to stay connected<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying to law school Explore law schools that are a good fit for you with these resources The American Bar Association\u2019s\u00a0Official Guide\u00a0to ABA-Approved Law Schools offers a comprehensive guide to all ABA-approved programs in the United States and US territories. The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) offers a\u00a0searchable database of all ABA-approved law schools. The\u00a0Boston [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}