The Office of Student Success

Pre-professional Support Services

Profession related clubs or memberships (at OSU or in the community) may be: 

 

Organizations specific to the legal field

• (e.g. Pre-Law Club, SLIP, OIL, LSAT study group, etc.)

or

 

Organizations that are related to fields you'd like to work in after law school or that help you build skills or networks that support your long term goals

• (e.g. CASA, Sports Management, Anti-trafficking  Association, NAACP, political party organizations, non-profits, OSU's Brand Squad, FFA, Environmental Science Club, etc.) 

A year of membership is one academic year of active participation in an organization. 

 

E.g. if you participated in something your entire sophomore year (OSU or community related) or if you started something at the beginning of the spring semester and continued to actively participate through the end of the fall. 

Any book from the Pre-Professional Library. If you have a book or journal article you'd like to recommend we add to our collection, please let us know here. 

Any experiences under the supervision of a licensed attorney may be used to fulfill this requirement. This might include multiple experiences or just one if you are working during the school year or over the summer. 

 

You will be asked to share and reflect on your experience(s). 

 

Tip: most "internships" posted are usually looking for 2nd or 3rd year law students, but consider looking for experiences filing, answering phones, running documents to the courthouse, etc. Or consider volunteering with legal aid. 

Anything that is not part of an academic course that gives you an opportunity to practice speaking in front of others. 

 

E.g.

• participating in an oral competition with Students of Law in Practice (SLIP) or OSU's Ethics Club,
• a moot court competition with OIL
• presenting research at scholars day or a local/regional/national conference
• leading a lesson/workshop to teach others about something you're passionate about 
• train to become a mediator 

Immersion experiences help you understand the world from a new perspective. 

E.g. 

• academic study abroad experience of at least a week outside the US
• any program offered through the National Student Exchange (outside of a program in your home state) 
• Immersion trips
  • 1 week winter break/spring break trip that are focused on a specific topic (e.g. Strategic Sports Management in Boston)
  • mission trip outside your home state

Experiences outside of class where you work with others toward common goals. 

 

E.g. 

• a research team competition
• event planning - this could be student organization events or planning an annual fundraiser
• coaching/assistant coaching youth sports
• volunteering with a mediation program 
• working as part of a team at a restaurant, retail store, etc. 

On the pre-law website, use the resources under "Explore" to start researching programs of interest. 

Factors to Weigh Worksheet

All accredited law schools are required to share information about their programs, which includes information about students who were admitted and matriculated into their program.

 

A class profile is the term to describe the breakdown of test scores (LSAT/GRE) and undergraduate GPA (UGPA) of students in a law school's first year class. 

 

This can be found a couple of ways: 

• ABA Standard Disclosure List
• Google 509 report                     (name of law school)
• Law school website 

Personal Statement workshops are offered once a semester and will be announced through our email newsletter and Instagram accounts. 

• Fall = November
• Spring = Health, Vet and Law Week (Feb/March)

Visit OSU's Career Services website to schedule a mock interview or scroll to the bottom of the page and access personalized Interview Prep.