<p>The pre-law advisor will tell you the basic information if you ask. They have a lot of events that are pretty helpful, especially the ones where admissions officers come from law schools and basically tell you what’s important (one particularly helpful one involved the adcoms from Virginia, Michigan, Chicago and Penn walking through four hypothetical applications and commenting on the things that helped and hurt each one). I would say that plenty of guidance is there if you seek it. Being on the pre-law listhost is also very helpful. You get information about all of the events, as well as a variety of other opportunities.</p>
<p>Also, to continue the anecdotal log of success, another individual I know waited to apply one year after graduation, spent the year working with a UChicago professor, and got admitted to Yale and Harvard Law Schools. I suppose it’s possible that I have a particularly unusual circle of acquaintances, so I now know 10 people admitted to top 5 law schools.</p>