The pre-law program regularly schedules visits and lectures by noted scholars and attorneys, who also meet individually with students interested in legal careers. Professor Sunderland also conducts prep sessions for Knox students prior to the Law School Admission Test and helps students identify law schools that fit their interests, as well as gather letters of recommendations that accompany law school applications. Off-Campus Programs Knox offers more than 30 U.S. and overseas programs that may complement and augment your studies. One program popular with pre-law students is the Washington Semester, where your can observe government in action in the nation's capital. In seminars, you meet with public officials, political figures, lobbyists, and others active in the federal government.
Participants complete research projects often based on an internship in a governmental agency.
In addition, there are several summer institutes offered that are valuable for students considering careers in the law. But well before that, one of Knox's very first graduates, Lucius Foote, a member of the Knox Class of 1846, went on to a noteworthy career as a lawyer, judge and diplomat. Edgar Bancroft, Class of 1878, was a prominent attorney, friend of Teddy Roosevelt and U.S. Ambassador to Japan in the 1920's. Barbara Adams, '80. Political science major.