Written in Python using the GTK tool kit, this is my first app and have a passion for logic and law. Logic is involved in programming so said why not. So this is just a constitution reader. Its currently two files a constitution.txt and a script. I want to give it some fonts and package it which is the hardest part for me. Here is my github repo https://github.com/moontowncitizen/constitutional_courier/

is the lex fellowship legit?? it seems interesting but after the deposit you have to give all your banking info which seems like a scam. idk if i should trust it, has anyone actually done it?

I am currently a senior in high school, and want to pursue a track of being an English major with a pre law track. The end goal is to end up in big law. I currently live in ohio, can I get some good reccomendations for feeder universities that arent just ivies or extremely prestigious colleges.

Hi im a student that graduated Dec 2022, magna cum laude with the honors college with a degree in history. I originally wanted to go to med school but with life updates and changes I’ve decided maybe something else might be for me. I’ve always liked law but I felt it was really daunting (I know, I know) I have no job experience in law, but im willing to look if I can. Or maybe it’s too late?

Hello and thanks anyone who takes the time to read this post. I am not prelaw (I'm a PA) but had a couple questions about law school, related to a friend of mine.

How competitive is law school in general? Say, as compared to medical school? Can someone with a 4.0 but minimal work experience (and none of it law related) and no volunteering get in? Do all law schools interview candidates in person before accepting them?

Are there law schools that are easy to get into even for subpar candidates? If so, is it hard to get a job once graduating from such a school, or can you pretty much still land at least a middle of the line career?

Finally, how hard is it to get through law school? For example, if an undergraduate student struggled to keep a good GPA and work 10 hours a week, would they get their butt kicked by law school?

Thanks again anyone who takes the time to answer. I apologize if this information is already out there, I tried AI and google but didn't find I was getting reliable answers. And best of luck to everyone on this forum with their future law careers.

I’ve had this question lingering in my mind for the longest time. I studied environmental policy for my undergrad and absolutely loved it. I interned for the federal affairs department of a big international nonprofit for about a year and all the higher ups seamed to have law degrees (which influenced me to pursue one). But now Im stuck thinking if my JD is worth it compared to a masters in env policy. My goal is to work for an nonprofit or lobbying firm focusing on the environment so I won’t actively be practicing law. Anyone have thoughts on this??

I know I want to work for two-ish years before going on to law school (or any grad school) and graduated undergrad spring 2024. Until now I’ve been working my old HS/college summer job, and recently started working within a law firm. The work is almost perfect—providing writing assistance, rather than secretarial stuff—but the admin structure and my boss are very far from it. The pay is also not good. I will not be staying at this job longer than I have to and am actively looking for other options. Does anybody have advice on what sort of work I should/can be expected to find?? I wanted to work in a law firm first to make sure I was certain in my decision to go to law school, but I can’t find any job that doesn’t require a ton of other experience or certification OR isn’t administration assistance/front desk work. I also want to make at least $25 an hour, which I don’t think is unreasonable for a college grad with honors. That is not very negotiable as I need to afford my car insurance, rent (temporarily with family), groceries, etc etc.

Are my goals unrealistic for finding postgraduate (but pre law) work in a law firm?? If so, are there any other comparable legal-ish entry level positions out there? Because at this point, I’m probably going to have to go corporate instead. If it’s unrealistic, it’s unrealistic. With my background I know I can find something suitable salary-wise in another field, but law is my preference right now if possible.

Hi everyone! I hope this post doesn't violate any rules, but I'm struggling to think through my situation. I (23M) just got married last Sunday and I've been in my head recently about my financial standing and how unhappy and unreliable my current job is. I started working at a hotel as a Guest Services Representative in my junior year of college just to be part-time and have some money on the side for dates, vacations, and her ring. Fast forward 2 years and I'm still stuck at that job, with a bachelor's degree, and have had no luck getting hired for a job in my degree field. I originally wanted to graduate and then go straight to Law School to become an environmental or maritime law attorney, but I didn't score high enough on the LSAT the last 2 times I took it. A couple of weeks ago some police cadets came in to use our bathroom while on patrol and one of the girls started talking to me about joining the police academy and started listing off all of the benefits, salary, and job responsibilities depending on the department. I've never thought about being a cop, but with my degree being in Sociology, she said it would help your chances and now I'm kind of considering it. So I just wanted to ask anyone who might have a ball in either court, would it be better to try my chances with the local police department or keep studying and paying for tutoring to get my LSAT score up to try and apply for law school again?

I am currently a sophomore studying political science and want to get an internship at a law firm in my small town. Does anyone have any tips for drafting an email to said law firms? I’m trying to come up with a generic one to send to a few. Also, if anyone has had experience as an intern at a law firm in undergrad I’d love to hear your experience! I know I’d be doing busy work but I think it would be a great way to start connecting with lawyers even before applying to law school.

I'm a high school senior who wants to go into pre-law and subsequently law as a career, and I've decided on my undergrad major to be economics. But there are two types economics majors: econ(bs) and econ(ba) when I look at the colleges. I'd rather do econ(bs) because it would help me improve on my analytical skills which would help on the LSAT and a career in law. But an econ(ba) degree is more humanites oriented which is more applicable for law school. Which one is better recommended for a career in law?

Hello, I’m currently in my junior year of college and I’m looking for a fitting internship for me as a criminal justice major on a pre law track, do you guys know of any?

I graduated in May 2024 and probably won't be applying to law school until 2027 or so. Why the delay, you may ask? Because I like my job and am not ready to start law school right now.

Anyways, in college I was super active with extracurriculars— I was president of my cultural sorority, heavily involved in academic orgs, and I worked a part-time admin job at a T20 law school. Now that I've left college and started a full-time job, I don't have many opportunities to "get involved" in the community or other law-related activities. Also— not that I think it matters, but my job is not related to law at all.

My question is: Does any of this matter? Should I be seeking more volunteer or community-driven activities outside of work? If so, what kind of activities would you recommend to boost my application?

Hi. This is my first reddit post. Currently I am an undergraduate first year at a UC. I am a history major with a planned emphasis in pre-law. I want to go to law school and either get into entertainment/copyright law or big law. I am confident that I can maintain at least a 3.8 GPA with just my major. I want to graduate with history honors, but am not sure about adding a minor. At my school many history majors get a minor in poli-sci, but I don’t necessarily want to do this. I was wondering which plan would be better for my career: 

1. Major in history with honors and an emphasis on pre-law. Graduate after 3 years, take a few months to work and study for the LSAT, then apply to law school. (This way I can save money for law-school and focus on a high LSAT score).
2. Graduate in 4 years with history major honors and an emphasis in pre-law. Declare a minor in music (I have experience reading music, and am passionate about it).
3. Graduate in 4 years with history major honors and an emphasis in pre-law. Declare a minor in another field… poly-sci, marketing, or communications?

I do want to say I can afford to attend all 4 years. However, if I want to have more for law-school tuition plan 1 might be ideal. I am not sure though. I'd prefer to do what makes my application strongest.

LSAT score and the risk it carries. The lsat is not the bar, and the lsat does not dictate how you will do in law school, but risk does increase with a low LSAT. Read more: https://www.lawhub.org/trends/admissions-standards

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States heatmap of 2023 enrolled law students. Read more: https://www.lawhub.org/trends/enrollment-by-state

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Recessions and law school application metrics: https://www.lawhub.org/trends/enrollment

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finally, by the year # of apps each month: https://report.lsac.org/View.aspx?Report=FiveYearComparison

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Hey all,

So I am a non-traditional student currently working through undergrad. My goal is to get in to a T-14 school.

I have nearly 20 years of work experience, but none of it is legal work. 18 of it is basically all restaurant management roles, including a bit as a district manager of a 10 restaurants.

Last 2 years has been working at a cell phone carrier call center, so my role is a lot of customer service, sales, billing, and basic technical interactions.

Those experience will help me right? Or hurt me because none of it is legal?

I live in WA state, in a college town of about 100k people. There are a lot of offices and small firms in the town, but most all openings I am finding is they want people that have paralegal certificate/degree which I could get, but virtually every one is wanting 3+ years experience. Legal Assistants they want you to have your bachelors degree or paralegal degree already.

Seattle or Everett are 1-2 hr commute so not really ideal to go to bigger city.

I might see about volunteering with this program where they offer lawyer services to people in need in the public library, but it’s mainly checking people in and stuff if you are not a lawyer.

TLDR: How intensely should be I searching for legal work in my town, or how vital would it be considering I have a lot of experience in other industries?

Hi,

I have a situation where one of my letter writers was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer. I won't be ready to apply to law school until at least next cycle, but that depends on when I finish my PhD. So I wonder if I can have this professor write the letter and submit it to the LSAC system right now to be safe? I will have this discussion with this professor soon and just want to know what my options are at the moment. Thanks!

Long time lurker, first time poster. I made a spreadsheet when I originally was trying to decide where to apply. This may be a good motivation tool if you are just taking the LSAT or you are applying soon. The intent of this spreadsheet is to save time when comparing schools. I pulled data from each school's 509 report and law school transparency. I included hyper links to each schools 509 and LS transparency for quick reference. Feel free to use it if you are just starting to apply. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15W7VnsaWCeqeHpSA50BhZsyBwzPJdys7JhOjVG5HdQ8/edit?usp=sharing

Edit:

Made a spreadsheet (similar to lsd.law) so you can privately keep up on your status with each school. [Thank you all who recommended the idea] You can download a copy in the event lsd is down. To download:

1. 'File'
2. 'Make a Copy'
3. Enjoy!

Loan Calculator: https://calculator.accesslex.org/aspiring?program=0&step=1

Original Spreadsheet w/ School info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15W7VnsaWCeqeHpSA50BhZsyBwzPJdys7JhOjVG5HdQ8/edit?gid=0#gid=0

New Spreadsheet (for application status checking): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AlCNmqI-lPLMjSi2FlP8xoROTvdMCP2Wu0RKlO89AJE/edit?usp=sharing

Happy cycle to all.

So, as per the title, what are my chances of a top school? Should I go back and study hard to try and move the score into the 170s? Will my poor academic background hold me back in a way I cannot overcome? Will doing a master's degree or something help? Honestly, I just took it on a whim not expecting much but found out I got a 169 without trying so now I'm thinking I'm an idiot if I don't get some advice and explore options.

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For background, I began community college at 19, majoring in Biology. Since then, the second semester of the 2022-2023 school year, I then decided to switch to Sociology and honestly neglected doing all of my assignments (barely meeting deadlines and sometimes having overdue assignments).

I also must add that I entered college with the mindset of me becoming a physician, however during the second semester of my freshie year is when I made the change. Fast-wording, I haven’t been enrolled in any academic institution since my freshman year, and this wasn’t by choice, but due to other external factors regarding my FAFSA eligibility, which the govt. refused to grant any monies to me because of my father’s failure to file income taxes for several years (and me being unable to submit any documents proving that he has 🌚).

The first year, I wasn’t asked to verify my father’s income, so I was given a Pell Grant and other funds, which allowed me to attend. I took it for granted. However, now I am newly 21 and am looking forward to re-enrolling but at a 4-year university (online) and paid for by my employer.

My GPA my overall GPA was about a 2.5. I decided last month that I would select UofA and major in Cyber Operations concentrated in law and policy (online).

Now the question: what internships could I potentially apply to to boost my application for law school? I really would like to work in the public sector, probably for state or federal government. I know many of you would definitely say check around and see what the requirements are for each of those, however I would assume that being an online student wouldn’t necessarily make me less opportune to actually receiving an internship. What are your thoughts? If you have any similar experiences, it would really help if you guys shared. mamas struggling 😭

Edit: I also didn’t defraud the government by lying, he actually did make that amount for the proceeding years that he has before abdicating his adult responsibility. He’s poor, I’m poor. Help a girl outttt

I am well aware that international students realistically can’t get accepted to medical school in the US. What’s the case like for law school?

Is it equally nigh-impossible?

I was thinking of studying law in my home country, then sitting the bar in the US in the future, if that’s possible. Does anyone know some routes?

Hi! I recently became interested in taking anthro as a major, would this work for me with law school?

Hii everyone!! I'm currently studying business analytics for my undergrad and was planning to apply for law school in the us. I will be an international applicant so the process is a bit different. I was wondering if anyone here has experience in the same or is going through the same process and could help me a bit with it?

I plan on taking the lsat next year and will have 2 years too boost my softs. I’m planning on internships and volunteering but I want to make it to a top 14 so I am trying to get a good idea on quality softs to add to my application if you guys have any ideas or suggestions please share it would help a lot!

Hey guys I’m currently in my last year of community college and am going to attend a university next fall to complete my bachelors.(5years total in my 3rd year currently) I messed up in my first year and destroyed my gpa I was an idiot but luckily I got back on track quick and if everything goes more or less according to plan I can get a 3.67 gpa.

I’m wondering if I were to take a bunch of electives to boost my gpa is this a viable option?

Hi, everyone! I am currently completing my senior year of undergrad at USC as a psychology major. I realized I no longer want to continue a career in psychology and am looking to switch to law school. Would taking the LSAT in four months for the first time and a second time in five months while also being a full time student be a realistic goal? I currently have a 3.94 GPA. I aim to apply to UCI, USC, Chapman, and Pepperdine JD programs and was wondering if anyone had any potential insight as to my chances of getting in. Would it be better to take a gap semester and apply next year as I will not be able to submit for early decision since I am quite behind in the process? I also do not have any prior work experience in law but can obtain a job doing paperwork at a lawfirm. My only prior work experience was for a political campaign and as a crisis text counselor.

I have not yet declared my undergrad major and I still have some time, and I’ve been interested in criminology. However, I’ve been seeing a lot of mixed feedback on the internet whether it’s a good major to prepare one for the lawyer career or if it’s even relevant if criminal law isn’t the area that I end up pursuing.

My school also does not offer a criminal justice program, I think if that was an opportunity, I would leaned more towards that. My main concern is starting law school with criminology and feeling behind because I wasn’t able to develop a lot of the skills/knowledge that I may have been able to obtain if I had majored in Political Science, English, PPE, etc.

Hello! I’m currently a college freshman, and my declared major is English. I’ve started to have a little doubt though because every time I tell someone I’m planning on going to law school and I mention my major is English, they’re confused. The thing is I really love English and I love to write. I’m good at it. I’ve heard your major should be something you can get a good gpa in, and I’m confident that I’ll get a good gpa doing English. If law school ends up not working out, publishing is what I’m considering. I’m just not too sure on my major anymore.

I have also been thinking about minoring in something. Maybe Philosophy, Sociology, or Anthropology. I’m currently leaning towards Phil, but that still is up for debate.

I don’t know anyone interested in law school so I’d appreciate any advice! Thanks.

Hello, im a College student studying political science and I’m in the paralegal studies certification program. I have two offers, one is an internship within the Northern District of Illinois Court, I would work under the clerks office and do administrative tasks. The second is in the City of Chicago Law department, Pre Law Volunteer, Externship. I would be working under a supervising paralegal but haven’t got to a Concrete description. (I will be doing this for 3 months)
What would your advice be to me on this, I am honestly unsure. For experience and resume building and for future jobs. Thank You for all your help, Have a great day!

The prelaw society at our school has some fun events, and I attend a few, but I’m not tight with the student organizers as I’m not into that type of club and I don’t really vibe with them

Should I force myself to befriend them or does it play less of an importance than I think

I'm considering returning to school and changing careers to law. I'm 37, have been working in high tech for the past decade, received a B/S degree from a nationally accredited school, then an M/S degree from a different school, which does have a regional accreditation, but the M/S program was online so don't know how that factors in.

I'm trying to figure out just how much schooling i'll need to redo if I make a switch. Has anyone been accepted to a major law school with only an online degree or degree from a nationally accredited program?