Pre-Law Spotlights

What advice do you have for students who are interested in attending law school? Create good relationships with professors at UNH and get involved on campus as an undergrad.

What suggestions do you have for studying for the LSAT? Plan your time out! It can be stressful and it’s not effective to study for hours and hours on end, you will burn yourself out. I started studying months before I took the LSAT and used the free khan academy LSAT study program. They format a…

What advice do you have for students who are interested in attending law school? A strong reading and writing background as an English major helped me more than any political science or prelaw classes.

What advice do you have for students who are interested in attending law school? Don’t be discouraged by other people's opinions on not going. I remember letting these opinions get the best of me and making me doubt my decision to apply. Yes, law school is an investment, so you want to be…

Where are you in your legal career? Since October of 2020, I have been practicing in private equity mergers and acquisitions at a large firm.

What suggestions do you have for applying to law school? Get a good head start on your applications. Once you get your main essays done, the filler information should be what you do last. In order I would research the schools you want to apply to. Add them to your list on the LSAC website. Look at…

I am currently a third-year law student at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, studying public interest environmental law and litigation. My overall advice for all things law school is to have an accountability partner and a plan, especially if you are planning on going straight into…

What advice do you have for students who are interested in attending law school? Take some time off between undergrad and law school! Don’t feel like you need to rush into law school and just take time off to study for the LSAT. Take two to three years, study, get work experience, and then…

Where are you in your legal career? I graduated from law school in May 2021. I am currently employed at a private firm which primarily handles DUI/criminal defense matters.

When it comes to studying for the LSAT, I only have a few suggestions. Firstly, I took about 2 months of consistent studying during the summer before taking it in August. That worked for me since it was long enough where I could work through all kinds of problems on the LSAT but not too long to…

Hometown: Palmyra, PA. Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): B.A. Political Science and Justice Studies, Psychology and Forensic Minors. Graduating Class Year: 2022. Student Organizations: The Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society, the Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society, Student Senate, and Sign Language Club. Did…

I’m currently a senior, class of 2023, at the University of New Hampshire who is double majoring in political science and justice studies. I am working on my applications for law school right now, having taken the LSAT already. For students taking the LSAT, I have some recommendations for studying.