Law School Fair

Law School Fair Save the Date October 5 2023

 

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Attending a Law Fair

Attending a law fair provides an excellent and unique opportunity to learn more about law schools from around the country.  At a law fair you can:

  • Gather information about law schools and graduate programs that interest you.
  • Meet the people who will be reading your law school applications and make a good first impression.
  • Discover new law schools that would be a good fit for you.
  • Talk with admissions professionals about what qualities they seek in a candidate.

Make a Plan!

To maximize your law fair opportunity, take steps to prepare in advance and create an event day plan.  To assist you in your preparations, we have created a brief video with tips and suggestions:

  • Know who’s coming! Review the list of schools attending this year’s Illinois Law School Fair and create a priority list of schools you would like to speak with! 

    Essential Event Day Information:

    • Time Commitment:  It is not necessary for you to attend the entire law fair.  We welcome you to stop by for 5 minutes to the whole 4 hours.  Whatever amount of time you have, be sure to stop by! 
    • Attire:  Business casual or smart casual is recommended.  You will likely be walking around and on your feet, be sure to wear comfortable shoes!
    • I-Cards:  The Law Fair is open to all, however, UIUC students will be asked to present their I-Card at the registration table.  Please be sure to have your I-card on hand as you approach the check-in table. 
    • Resumes: This is an opportunity for you to collect information and materials from the law schools you are interested in, law school representatives will not be accepting resumes or reviewing documents at the fair.

Pre-Law Advising Services invites you to attend the Law Admission Panel on October 5, 2023, at 3:30 pm at the Illini Union, Room 104. 

The program will include special opening remarks by Jamelle Sharpe the newly named Dean of the University of Illinois College Law, and Guy Raymond Jones Faculty Scholar!  Following opening remarks our panel of admissions experts will share insights about the law admissions process.  Panelists include:

  • Janet Hein, Indiana University - Bloomington

  • Pop Little, Rutgers University

  • Kristen Mercado, University of California - Davis

  • Michael Morales, University of Texas at Austin

  • Rebecca Ray, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

 

Individuals are welcome to attend both the Admissions Panel and Law Fair or either.  Consider attending both the Panel and Law Fair events to maximize the opportunity to hear from Law Admissions experts!  Light refreshments will be served.

 

Thank you for your interest in the 2023 University of Illinois Law School Fair hosted in conjunction with the 2023 MAPLA Caravan. To register for the Illinois Law School Fair and/or other MAPLA Caravan events, please click here.

 

To learn more about the Illinois Law School Fair, please visit our Law School Representative Information page.

Volunteers are an integral part of a successful law school fair. If you are interested in volunteering, please click here to fill out the form.

The deadline to sign up to volunteer is Friday, September 22, 2023.

Below please find a list of participating law schools for the 2023 Law School Fair:

 

Albany Law School | Albany, NY

American University Washington College of Law | Washington, D.C.

Arizona State University - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law | Phoenix, AZ 

Ave Maria School of Law | Naples FL

Baylor Law School | Waco, TX

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | New York, NY

Boston College Law School | Newton Centre, MA

Boston University School of Law | Boston, MA

Brooklyn Law School | Brooklyn, NY

California Western School of Law | San Diego, CA

Case Western Reserve University School of Law | Cleveland, OH

Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law | Orange, CA

Chicago-Kent College of Law | Chicago, IL

Columbia Law School | New York, NY

Creighton University School of Law | Omaha, NE

CUNY School of Law | Long Island, NY

DePaul University College of Law | Chicago, IL

Emory University School of Law | Atlanta, GA

Florida State University College of Law | Tallahassee, FL

Fordham School of Law | New York, NY

Golden Gate University School of Law | San Francisco, CA

Indiana University Maurer School of Law | Bloomington, IN

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law | Indianapolis, IN

Lewis & Clark Law School | Portland, OR

Louisiana State University Paul M. Herbert Law Center | Baton Rouge, LA

Loyola Law School Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA

Loyola University Chicago School of Law | Chicago, IL

Marquette University Law School | Milwaukee, WI

Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University | Hempstead, NY

Miami Law School | Coral Gables, FL

Michigan State University College of Law | East Lansing, MI

Mitchell Hamline School of Law | St. Paul, MN

New England Law | Boston | Boston, MA

New York Law School | New York, NY

Northeastern University School of Law | Boston, MA

Northern Illinois University College of Law | Dekalb, IL

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law | Chicago, IL

Notre Dame Law School | Notre Dame, IN

Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law | Ada, OH

Penn State Dickinson Law | Carlisle, PA

Penn State Law | University Park, PA

Quinnipiac University School of Law | Hamden, CT

Rutgers Law School | Newark, NJ

Saint Louis University School of Law | St. Louis, MO

Seton Hall Law School | Newark, NJ

Southern Illinois University School of Law | Carbondale, IL

SMU Dedman School of Law | Dallas, TX

St. John's Law | Queens, NY

Stetson University College of Law | Gulfport, FL

Suffolk University Law School | Boston, MA

Syracuse University College of Law | Syracuse, NY 

Texas A&M Law | Fort Worth, TX

The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law | Washington, D.C.

The Ohio State University Moritz School of Law | Columbus, OH

The University of Kansas School of Law | Lawrence, KS

UC Berkeley School of Law | Berkeley, CA

UC Davis School of Law | Davis, CA

UC Irvine School of  Law (UCI) | Irvine, CA

UC Law San Francisco | San Francisco, CA

UConn School of Law | Hartford, CT

University of Akron School of Law | Akron, OH

University of Baltimore School of Law | Baltimore, MD

University of Chicago Law School | Chicago, IL

University of Cincinnati College of Law | Cincinnati, OH

University of Colorado Law School | Boulder, CO

University of Denver Sturm College of Law | Denver, CO

University of Georgia School of Law | Athens, GA

University of Idaho | Moscow & Boise, ID

University of Illinois College of Law | Champaign, IL

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law | Chicago, IL

University of Iowa College of Law | Iowa City, IA

University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law | Louisville, KY

University of Maryland Carey School of Law | Baltimore, MD

University of Michigan Law School | Ann Arbor, MI

University of Minnesota Law School | Minneapolis, MN

University of Missouri School of Law | Columbia, MO

University of Nebraska College of Law | Lincoln, NE

University of Nevada, Las Vegas - William S. Boyd School of Law | Las Vegas, NV

University of North Dakota School of Law | Grand Forks, ND

University of Oregon School of Law | Eugene, OR

University of Richmond School of Law | Richmond, VA

University of San Francisco School of Law | San Francisco, CA

University of South Carolina School of Law | Columbia, SC

University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law | Vermillion, SD

University of Tennessee College of Law | Knoxville, TN

University of Texas School of Law | Austin, TX

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law | Sacramento, CA

University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law | Salt Lake City, UT

University of Wisconsin Law School | Madison, WI

USC Gould School of Law | Los Angeles, CA

Vermont Law and Graduate School | South Royalton, VT

Wake Forest University School of Law | Winston-Salem, NC

Washington University School of Law | Saint Louis, MO

Wayne State University Law School | Detroit, MI

Western Michigan University, Cooley Law School | Lansing, Michigan

 

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