Pre-law Advising at Swarthmore

dramatica
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:42:56 +0000

PBailey,

The quaility of pre-law advising should not influence the decision of which undergraduate institution to attend. Unlike medical school, there are no preset requirements for admission other than graduation from an accredited school with an “academic” major (i.e. no PE or home ec major), strong grades, a decent LSAT and great letters from your professors.

Law schools attract and accept students from all walks of life and ages. For example, when I started law school many, many years ago, although the bulk of the entering class was made up of students who had either just graduated or taken a year off, there were also a number of “mature” students who were returning to school for various reasons. Among these, there were a priest, a doctor, accountants, nurses, stay at home moms and engineers, and one very interesting successful and retired contractor/developer who at 52 decided to attend to fulfill a lifetime dream.

Any student graduating with good grades from a reputable liberal arts school, like Swarthmore, will have what it takes to get into law school without the need of “pre-law advising.”