Ann Wrigley, Ohio St. Univ. The panelists, each of whom have been involved in on-campus programs, will discuss alternatives to the commercial prep courses. This panel will discuss how to use various tools when helping students decide where to apply. The panelists will examine the various guides, locaters and other available resources that every prelaw advisor will find helpful. Four of the most distinguished individuals representing academic and counseling pre-law advisors, Law Services and the admissions professionals will bring their considerable wisdom to bear on these and other questions.
Good letters can make, and bad letters can break, many law school applications.
Pre-law advisors will discuss how they advise their students and how they approach the task of writing a letter for an applicant. Law school representatives will then share their view of what works and what doesn't. Prelaw advisors who want to mitigate the negative effects of law school rankings will hear both from those who produce the rankings and from those who find them problematic. Computer savvy students get most of their information from the web. This session will provide concrete help for those who want to use the web to their best advantage.