Although we have much experience in these matters and many resources to offer you, the ultimate responsibility for your graduate school planning rests with you. The answers to these questions depend on you. The undergraduate years are a time to explore the variety in NYU's academic offerings, to perfect study skills and learning ability, and to demonstrate expertise in a particular academic discipline, presumably your major. We firmly uphold the idea that solid, well-balanced liberal arts education is the best preparation for law school.
Law schools base their admissions decisions on a variety of factors.
You can distinguish yourself by participating in extracurricular or community activities, and by getting to know the faculty with whom you are studying and whom you will eventually call upon to write letters of recommendation. When you are ready to begin the application process, usually in the spring semester of your junior year, we will provide you with the materials you will need to register for the LSAT, and we will furnish you with a copy of our Guidelines for Applying to Law School, a detailed outline of the steps you should follow during the specific year's application period. This short handbook has been prepared to help sort various prelaw concerns and to help make your college experience rewarding.