Pre-Law Program
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Department News
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The communication major (and politics minor) was chosen to represent the category of “activist” in Glamour magazine’s top ten college women of the year. -
Tyler Lawrence ‘11 joins Representative Robert Dold following the most dramatic shift in the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives in recent time. Over 80 freshman Republicans joined the 112th Congress in January 2011. Dold won the Illinois 10th District seat, which includes the City of Lake Forest, vacated by Republican Mark Kirk, who won the U.S. Senate seat held by President Obama from 2005 to 2008. -
Their story was recently highlighted in the “Lake County News-Sun.”
The Pre-Law Advising Program supports students who are considering a career in the field of law and assists them in the process of applying to law schools.
Students receive close personal attention and advice and have the opportunity to participate in events related to the law professions. Faculty on the Pre-Law Advising Committee offer counsel on the range of law schools most suitable for each student and on all phases of the application process.
There is no specific pattern of pre-law course work at Lake Forest College; a well-rounded, challenging four-year course of study in the liberal arts and all major undergraduate fields are appropriate training for future lawyers.
Students in the pre-law program:
- visit area law schools
- participate in regional and national mock trial tournaments
- help host visits by law professionals and law school officials
- receive help in preparing for taking the LSAT
- engage in other activities related to careers in law.
Most students take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) in the summer or fall after the junior year, and complete the process of law school applications during the fall semester of the senior year.
Increasingly, students nationwide engage in pre-professional or volunteer work before beginning the study of law, so that students may consider applying to law schools at any phase during their post-collegiate careers.Lake Forest offers many volunteer and pre-professional opportunities for students interested in studying pre-law.
The Career Advancement Center also offers programming to help students prepare for a law profession.
