This simulated LSAT has proved to be one of the most helpful features of the prelaw program. A legal internship is available for juniors and seniors. Students spend approximately fifteen hours a week in a lawyer's office assisting attorneys and gaining a feel for what the practice of law is like. Three hours of academic credit are given for this internship course. Interested students participate in the UD mock trial teams.
Teams compete locally and nationally.
For seniors, the prelaw committee sponsors an LSAT preparation course. Prelaw advisers help students through the law school admission and selection process. For all students, there is the opportunity to join Phi Alpha Delta, a legal fraternity, which, among its many activities, organizes programs which introduce students to the variety of careers available to attorneys. One way to measure the success of the University of Dayton's prelaw program is to note the caliber of the law schools which UD students have attended over the past five years. These law schools include Harvard University, the University of Chicago, Stanford University, the University of Virginia, Cornell University, Columbia University, Georgetown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University, New York University, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Akron, Indiana University, Marquette University, Notre Dame, Ohio State University, Capital University, Cleveland State University, the University of Cincinnati, DePaul of Chicago, the University of Georgia, Ohio Northern University, the University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University, Syracuse University, Temple University, the University of Toledo as well as the University of Dayton School of Law.