Web Resources

Career Development Center

Law School and Legal Education

Law School Admission Council. http://www.lsac.org
The home page for the Law School Admission Council. Duplicative of information in the LSAT/LSDAS information booklet. Provides means for registering and ordering materials electronically. Also links you to all ABA approved law schools.
Access Group. http://www.accessgrp.org
The diskette used by many institutions to determine eligibility for institutional financial aid can be ordered at this site. The Access Group is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to education through affordable financing. The organization was at one time related organizationally to LSAC.
FAFSA form. http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/Students/english/fafsa.jsp
The FAFSA form used for obtaining federal financing for law school can be downloaded from this Department of Education site. Information on how to complete the FAFSA form can also be found here.
Boston College locator. http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/gradschool/law/lawlocator
The Boston College Locator which provides a matrix classifying applicant competitiveness by LSAT score and GPA is located at this site.
Princeton Review. http://www.review.com
Princeton Review's home page. Provides information on the prep course, allows you to order Princeton review publications, and links you to other useful sites.
Peterson's Law Channel. http://www.petersons.com/law/
Allows search for law schools by LSAT requirements, academic concentrations and enrollment. Also links to some financial aid sites.
Kaplan. http://www.kaplan.com
Kaplan's home page. Provides information on the prep test.
U.S. News law school ranking. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php
Site of the famed US News ranking of law schools. 2006 results are now posted here.
Internet Legal Resource Guide. http://www.ilrg.com
The Internet Legal Resource Guide provides a guide to some 4000 websites. Probably the most comprehensive source of information on the internet concerning law and the legal profession.
American Bar Association prelaw guidelines. http://www.abanet.org/legaled/
The American Bar Association prelaw page. The site has a statement on law school rankings and on prelaw preparation. Allows you to link to other useful sites including all of the ABA approved law schools and allows you to order ABA publications.
PLANC. http://www.planc.org
The National Association of Prelaw Advisors homepage.
FIN AID. http://www.finaid.org
A good source of information about financial aid and financial aid forms.
FASTWEB. http://www.fastweb.com
Allows financial aid searches.
University of Chicago pre-law site. http://www.college.uchicago.edu/pre-law/index.shtml
An excellent pre-law site.
University of Richmond prelaw site. http://www.cdc.richmond.edu/studentsalumni/gradprofschool/prelaw.html
Another excellent prelaw site.
American Jurist. http://www.americanjurist.net
The site of the student news magazine for the Washington College of Law of American University. Published six times a year. The magazine will often publish articles of interest to law school applicants.

The Legal Profession

American Bar Association. http://www.abanet.org
The home page of the American Bar Association.
National Association of Law Placement. http://www.nalp.org
The home page of the National Association of Law Placement. The site contains information on legal career planning and recruitment. The organization collects annual data on the starting salary of first year associates. Snippets of this data are often displayed on the home page.
Martindale Hubbell law directory. http://www.lawyers.com
The site of the Martindale Hubbell law directory. Contains listings for 900,000 lawyers worldwide by specialty and location. The site also links the user to law offices' home pages which typically provide information about the firm and the attorneys in the firm.
National Law Journal. http://www.nlj.com
The site of the National Law Journal one of the two major national legal newspapers. Contains articles on recent cases, issues facing the legal profession, law schools, etc.
American Lawyer. http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com
News site of the publisher of the American Lawyer and a number of regional legal publications. Contains articles on recent legal cases and issues facing the legal profession.
Internet Legal Resource Guide. http://www.ilrg.com
See listing above.
Lawyers Weekly USA. http://www.lawyersweekly.com
The site contains news from the legal newspaper Lawyers Weekly USA. Published in Massachusetts. Court opinions, national legal news, and top web sites for lawyers are among the items included.
National Jurist. http://www.nationaljurist.com
Home page of the National Jurist, a magazine for law students. Often has information of interest regarding the legal profession. The site also contains the results of the National Jurist's ranking of law schools according to student satisfaction.