Timeline

Application Year

Fall Semester:

• Submit the Pre-Law Application Packet in early September to the Office of Pre-professional Advising.

• Attend the Law School Forum in New York City and the Barnard-Columbia Law Day in September. The Law Day features law schools from across the country.

• Attend programs sponsored by the Office of Preprofessional Advising featuring admissions officers from various law schools and the Personal Statement workshop.

• Finalize the personal statement.

• Visit law schools.

• Become familiar with the financial aid opportunities, procedures, and deadlines for each school applied to. Law school websites have invaluable information.

• Submit law school applications by early November.

• Good luck to those taking the October or December LSAT!

• Check the status of your application with individual schools. Be sure that they have received all of your documents.

• Students should submit an updated transcript with fall semester grades to LSDAS and to the law schools.