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Establish contact with a Department Pre-Law Advisor in PH 302:  \n􀁸 College of Sciences Pre-Law Advisor:  \n􀂃 Dr. Roger Handberg-[roger.handberg@ucf.edu](roger.handberg@ucf.edu)  \n􀁸 Department Pre-Law Advisors:  \n􀂃 Dr. Drew Lanier-[drew.lanier@ucf.edu](drew.lanier@ucf.edu)  \n􀂃 Dr. Robert Bledsoe-[robert.bledsoe@ucf.edu](robert.bledsoe@ucf.edu)  \n􀂃 Dr. Barry Edwards-[barry.edwards@ucf.edu](barry.edwards@ucf.edu)  \n􀂃 Dr. Eric Merriam-[eric.merriam@ucf.edu](eric.merriam@ucf.edu)  \n2. Choose an undergraduate major that will challenge you to write, read, and think critically. Be flexible with your degree and career goals – law is not for everyone.  \n3. Regardless of your chosen major, choose a balanced and diversified program of study, including courses that encourage logical reasoning and good writing skills. You will need these skills to do well on the LSAT, in law school, and in your profession.  \n4. Select an academic advisor or faculty mentor who has an interest in your academic career and will be willing to write a solid letter of recommendation for you at a later date.  \n5. Get to know several faculty members who inspire you intellectually and whose interests can help guide you later, including writing letters of recommendation.  \n6. Get involved in pre-law related activities such as Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Alpha Delta, Moot Court, debate societies, etc.  \n7. Participate in extracurricular activities that can help build needed skills in leadership, selfconfidence, verbal and written communication, and mental development (e.g., debate, student government, judicial board, literary magazine or school paper, research assistantships, election campaigns or activities in the community including religious or helping others) . The number of activities you participate in does not impress law school admissions committees so much as the quality of the experiences (i.e., mere membership isnot as important as active participation including leadership roles) . In your personal statement that is part of your admissions package, you will have the opportunity to highlight how those activities prepared you to contribute to the law school environment.  \n8. Read broadly, including law-related materials (see Reading Materials) and talk to lawyers about the legal profession (including the negatives as well as the positives) .  \n9. Purchase a LSAT prep manual/kit from the Law School Admission Council or any of those commercially available and work through them in your spare time to become familiar with the structure and substance of the LSAT and uncover areas of weakness which you can address early on through coursework (e.g., courses in writing or in formal logic) or prepare you for taking a commercial LSAT prep course during your Junior year (see Web Sites) .  \n10. Concentrate on building an outstanding GPA. Take advantage of the UCF Grade Forgiveness policy if your had difficulty with GEP courses. Be aware that law school admissions committees are impressed not just with a GPA but also what it reflects (i.e., doing well in challenging courses) .  \nJunior Year of College  \n1. Take assessment of where you stand thus far and focus on improving your GPA if needed and adding more elective courses that emphasize reading and writing skills if needed.  \n2. Take a law-related course if you have not already done so to see if the materials interest you. You may find that reading law does not really interest you and it is better to find that out now rather than your first year in law school.  \n3. Study the LSAC or other sources for materials on law schools (see Web Sites) to see which ones interest you, where you are competitive, and what programs they offer. Goto their web sites and, if you have the opportunity, visit the law schools themselves  \nSenior Year of College  \n1. Take LSAT in early Fall if you have not already taken it the summer between ","cbCais02AjZaSi5H","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais02AjZaSi5H","pdf",420659,"English","# Four-Year Law School Admissions Checklist\n## First and Second Years of College\n## Junior Year of College\n## Senior Year of College\n## Application Strategies","[{\"question\":\"What should pre-law students do in the first and second years of college?\",\"answer\":\"Students should contact a Department Pre-Law Advisor, choose a challenging major and balanced coursework, select an academic advisor or faculty mentor, meet inspiring faculty members, and join pre-law related activities and extracurriculars that build leadership and communication skills.\"},{\"question\":\"How should students prepare for the LSAT and manage their GPA?\",\"answer\":\"Students should work through LSAT prep materials in spare time to understand the test structure and identify weaknesses early. 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