Azusa Pacific University Pre-Law Information

Free Summer Program for PreLaw Sophomores and Juniors

2011-03-29T09:21:00.001-07:00

Regent University announces new Center for Global Justice

2010-11-03T13:05:00.000-07:00

Passionate about human trafficking, human rights, and doing something to put an end to global injustice?

Regent Law students, alumni and faculty refuse to turn a blind eye to the overt injustices endured by human beings at home and abroad - and we know your students won't turn a blind eye either.

That's why we recently launched our Center for Global Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law, which will give students classroom training, paid hands-on international internships, and clinical opportunities to serve as advocates for the oppressed.

The Center will also come alongside those already engaged in advocacy by sharing resources with, and building a network of, like-minded individuals and organizations with whom they can collaborate.

Grad Fair TODAY

2010-10-18T08:35:00.000-07:00

Representatives from graduate programs and law schools will be in the Wilden Atrium today from 10-2.

Following the fair, a representative from Regent University Law School will present "how to write an effective personal statement." Time: 2:30 - 3:30pm; Location: Ronald Board Room (Ronald bldg., 2nd Floor)

Sixth Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair - Free Event

2010-09-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - Sunday, November 14, 2010

The University of Houston - University Center

4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas

FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Conrad Johnson, Esq.

Clinical Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

New York, New York

Karen Wishart, Esq.

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

TV One

Silver Spring, Maryland

Kent Lollis, Esq.

Executive Director for Diversity Initiatives

Law School Admission Council

Newtown, Pennsylvania

Adrien Katherine Wing, Esq.

Professor of Law

University of Iowa College of Law

Iowa City, Iowa

Dennis Shields, Esq.

Chancellor

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, Wisconsin

This comprehensive pre-professional conference is FREE OF CHARGE

to ALL Pre-Law Registrants, Advisors, Supporters, Mentors, and Parents!

Elon University School of Law in North Carolina waives application fee

2010-09-26T13:45:00.000-07:00

In June 2008, the Elon University School of Law received provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association (ABA). September 2010, Elon Law will host a team from the ABA as it seeks full accreditation at the earliest date possible under ABA guidelines, Spring 2011.

May 2009, the Elon Law charter class graduated and attained an 83% bar passage rate on the North Carolina Bar Examination. Summer 2009, the average bar passage rate of the N.C. bar exam was 73%. Summer 2010, Elon Law graduates continued to be successful on the N.C. bar exam with an 80% bar passage rate while the N.C. bar passage rate remained 73%. Elon Law students have also been successful with bar passage in other jurisdictions as well. Elon Law students not only receive a great legal education, they work closely with faculty, University leadership, and the legal community who all share a vision of cultivating lawyers who are equipped and inspired to lead.

Elon Law’s education program emphasizes total student development, exceptional legal knowledge and skills, engaged learning, international awareness and civic involvement incorporating the practices of the world’s finest leadership education programs. Students may select one of four concentrations: business, litigation, public interest and general practice. The 84,000 square-foot law school facility in downtown Greensboro includes a multimillion-dollar library, the latest technology, and a spacious courtroom that also serves as the home of the North Carolina Business Court, making Elon Law one of only a handful of law schools in the nation to house a working court. The school’s location provides its students access to learning opportunities in the area’s leading law firms, courts, businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. August 2010, the law school enrolled 344 students.

The admissions department will begin accepting applications October 1st! The $50 application fee is waived from October 1st – December 31st.

University of Cincinnati Law School - Admissions News

2010-09-26T13:42:00.000-07:00

School has begun for the College of Law's 144 first-year students. On August 16, 2010 the Class of 2013 started their academic careers with "Intro to Law," the week-long orientation program designed to acclimate students to the law school environment. This year's incoming class is an impressive, diverse group. Boasting a median LSAT score of 161, they range in age from 21 to 54. They hail from 74 undergraduate institutions, and include roughly 50 different undergraduate majors. According to Al Watson, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, "Half of the class is from outside Ohio (representing 27 states and four countries: China, Iran, Nigeria, and Germany), while members of minority populations make up 20% of the class."

Applications at the College of Law grew significantly in 2010, up 38% over the previous year (the overall national average for applications grew by only 7.1% during the same period according to the Law School Admission Council). This increase led to the most applications - 1,823 - ever received in one year at Cincinnati Law. "We believe many applicants are attracted to our small size, strong reputation and outstanding clinics and faculty. All of this is coupled with a tuition rate that helps save students money and hopefully enables them more flexibility with the job market upon graduation," states Dean Watson.

Cooley Law School - Michigan

2010-09-26T13:35:00.001-07:00

Cooley Law School will be holding Open House events in the month of October. For more information, please visit the website at: http://www.cooley.edu/index.htm

University of La Verne College of Law - Fee Waiver

2010-09-26T13:32:00.000-07:00

University of La Verne College of Law is now accepting applications for Spring 2011 and Fall 2011 terms. For a limited time, students applying to La Verne Law may be eligible to have their $50 application fee waived. If your students are considering applying to our law school, please feel free to contact the admission office directly or advise them to email us at lawadm@laverne.edu for their application fee waiver code.

Lewis & Clark Law School

2010-09-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

Viewbook: The new Lewis & Clark Law School viewbook is online.

Quick recap of this year's incoming class:

Number in entering class: 247

LSAT percentiles (75/50/25) 164/ 162/ 157

GPA percentiles (75/50/25) 3.69/ 3.48/ 3.20

APU Alum at Creighton University

2010-09-09T11:38:00.000-07:00

For those of you looking at schools outside of California, we recently received word that an APU alumnus has enrolled this fall at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. This might be a good fit for you, too. You can check out their website at: law.creighton.edu.

The Federalist Society Los Angeles Lawyers Chapter Hosts Special Event

2010-09-07T14:29:00.000-07:00

The Constitutional Health of the 2010 Affordable Health Care for America

Speakers:

David B. Rivkin Jr., Baker & Hostetler LLP and counsel for plaintiffs in Florida v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Prof. Jonathan D. Varat, UCLA School of Law

Moderator: Kenneth K. Lee, Jenner & Block LLP

Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 12:00 Noon

Place: The California Club, 538 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071.
(Please note that parking is available underneath the club from the Flower Street entrance.)

Gentlemen are asked to wear coats and ties and Ladies to wear dresses, suits or skirts (with blouses, sweaters or jackets) or appropriate dress pant suits in keeping with the above standards.

Students and law clerks may pay the discounted rate of $25. In addition, if you plan to park at the California Club, please include an additional $10 with your payment.

RSVP: Please e-mail lafedsoc@gmail.com by Friday, September 17, 2010.

Franklin Pierce Law Center is now University of New Hampshire School of Law

2010-09-07T14:23:00.000-07:00

"Since 1973, Franklin Pierce Law Center has been pioneering in intellectual property and practical in providing applied, hands-on training in many specialties. Our faculty, alumni and students work around the corner and around the world, making our reach simultaneously local and global. And we have provided the resources and relationships our students require for real leadership in a world of opportunity. Now, with our UNH affiliation in place, we offer all this and more as the University of New Hampshire School of Law."

Florida State University - College of Law

2010-09-07T14:20:00.000-07:00

Florida State Law recently asked to share this information with prospective students:

•In six of the last nine Florida Bar Examinations our graduates ranked first among all Florida law schools that had more than one test taker.

•Ninety-nine percent of the graduating class of 2009 was placed within nine months of graduation, most of them in private firms.

•Our Student Bar Association received the 2010 Public Interest National Achievement Award from the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association. In both 2008 and 2009, the Law Student Division selected Florida State as the “SBA of the Year.”

•Leiter’s Law School Rankings (2010) rates our faculty the nation’s 23rd best in terms of per capita scholarly impact.

•The National Jurist magazine (2009) ranks us the nation’s 10th “Best Value” law school, based on employment rate, bar passage and tuition.

•U.S. News & World Report (2010) ranks our environmental law program 5th in the nation and our overall program 54th.

For more information, please look under the "Prospective Student" section of their website.

Emory Law: Center for the Study of Law and Religion

2010-09-07T14:14:00.000-07:00

The Law and Religion Center at Emory Law features a variety of cross-listed courses, research fellowships, public forums, and publications in law and religion. Most of their work is focused on issues of faith, freedom, and the family, viewed through the lenses of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The Center offers five degree programs for students interested in a concentrated course of study of law and religion. The JD/MDiv, JD/MTS, and JD/PhD programs are open to college graduates.

For more information, please contact the Center at: 404-712-8710 or cslr@law.emory.edu.

Seattle University School of Law - Influential Voices Speaker Series

2010-09-07T14:11:00.000-07:00

Dean Mark Niles will kick off this year's Influential Voices series with a thought-provoking lecture exploring questions related to the new focus on preventing future crime.

"Pre-Empting Justice: Pre-'Crime' in Fiction and Fact:"
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sullivan Hall, C-5, 4:30PM

A reception will follow in the second floor gallery. RSVP Required.

Thinking About Law School? Register with LSAC

2010-09-07T14:07:00.000-07:00

The Law School Admission Council works directly with law schools to help you with the application process. It administers the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), offers the "Official LSAT Handbook" and other test prep products, hosts Law School Forums, and provides a Credential Assembly Service to streamline the application process.

Even if you are not ready to apply just yet, log on to LSAC today to see what resources are available.

CNSNews.com - Christian Students Claim Calif. Law School Discriminated Against Group When It Denied Student Funding

2010-04-12T07:05:00.001-07:00

CNSNews.com - Christian Students Claim Calif. Law School Discriminated Against Group When It Denied Student Funding

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Free Webinars for Pre-Law Students

2010-03-24T14:28:00.000-07:00

Michigan State University is offering free webinars designed for pre-law undergraduate students. Each webinar will feature 30-minutes of remarks delivered by a recognized expert(s) followed by a Q and A session in which participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of the presenter(s).

Details are listed below:

LSAT 101, Tuesday, April 20, 7:30 to 8:15 p.m.
Career Options and Market Outlook for Attorneys, Tuesday, April 27, 7:30 to 8:15 p.m.
Advice for the 2011 or 2012 Law School Applicant, Thursday, April 29 – 7:30 to 8:15 p.m.

Admission is free, but advance registration is required. To do so, please click on this link to go directly to the MSU website: http://www.law.msu.edu/admissions/webinars/

For Summer I: POLI 250 - Introduction to Criminal Law

2010-03-19T16:49:00.000-07:00

This new course, which can be used to satisfy an elective requirement in the political science and pre-law programs, will cover the basics of criminal law, including definitions of crimes, defenses to crimes, and limitations on criminal statutes.

Summer I: May 10 - June 17; Tues/Wed/Thurs 1:30 - 4:00PM. Registration is now open!

New Pre-Law Minor coming Fall 2010

2010-03-19T16:44:00.000-07:00

The new pre-law minor has been approved and will be available to students at APU beginning Fall 2010.
The minor consists of 7 courses (21 units), 15 units of which must be unique to the minor.

For more information, please email contact the History & Political Science Department at (626) 815-6000.

Pepperdine Law Professor @ APU on Tuesday, December 1st

2009-11-29T14:27:00.000-08:00

Pepperdine Law Professor Peter Robinson will be at Azusa Pacific University on Tuesday, December 1st to meet with interested Pre-Law students.

Time: 3:00 - 4:00PM

Room: Wilden Hall, Rm 107

Hope to see you there!

Scholarship Available at Trinity Law School

2009-11-05T06:10:00.000-08:00

Christian College Scholarship

In order to minister to graduates and employees from Christian colleges and universities, Trinity Law School is offering a scholarship worth 50 percent of the cost of tuition for the entire three-year law school degree, to any graduate from a regionally-accredited Christian college or university that is a member of the North American Coalition for Christian Admission Professionals (www.NACCAP.org), and meets the requirements for admission to Trinity’s regular JD program. Upon completion of this degree graduates will be qualified to take the California bar exam.

USC Law Fair TODAY!

2009-11-05T06:05:00.000-08:00

Think LIke a Lawyer

2009-10-20T06:05:00.000-07:00

The Socratic Method Makes Better Lawyers

By Tammy Pettinato, Esq.

Assistant Director of Career Services and Professional Development

Some people think that lawyers walk around with a long catalog of laws in their heads, able to answer any legal question at the drop of a hat.

The truth is that legal questions almost never have black and white answers. The true work of a lawyer isn’t memorizing laws, but rather understanding legal principles and how to apply them to a wide range of different factual situations. This ability is called “thinking like a lawyer,” and it is perhaps the most important thing you will learn in law school.

So how does law school teach you to think like a lawyer? Most law professors use a teaching technique called the Socratic Method. Here’s how it differs from what you are used to in your undergraduate courses:

Professors assign reading material that thoroughly explains a given concept. Professors assign reading material, but most of the time it won’t directly explain a concept. Instead, it will be a series of judicial opinions issued by real courts in real cases.

Class time is spent going over what you have read in more detail. The professor will ask you a series of questions in an effort to get you to explain it yourself. This back and forth dialogue is the heart of the Socratic Method.

“The Socratic method challenges me to deepen my understanding of legal concepts and develop my legal analysis,” current University of La Verne College of Law student, Shannon Shafron-Perez, shares. “By engaging in discussions with professors who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the conversation, I have gained insight into concepts that would otherwise not be available in the traditional lecture environment.”

The Brief

The Socratic Method was named for Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher who was known for teaching his pupils by asking a series of questions, slowly leading the pupil to contradict himself and forcing him to reframe his arguments. Using this method, Socrates taught his pupils how to reason logically and think critically.

Law professors use the Socratic Method to help students learn to tease out the reasoning and legal principles that went into a given judicial decision and also to make educated arguments about how that reasoning and those principles would apply if the facts were different.

In a typical law school class, the professor will:

1. Call on a student, usually at random.
2. Ask the student to recite the facts and holding of a case.
3. Pose a series of questions meant to elicit why the case was decided in a particular way.
4. Challenge the student to speculate on how the result would have been different, were the facts different.

And, all of this happens in front of the entire class. In fact, the first few times a student experiences the Socratic Method can be intimidating.

No Right Answers

“It can be challenging, but the method helps us become better lawyers,” Shafron-Perez adds. “When we are asked to answer hypothetical problems in class, the professor’s guided questioning not only leads us to an answer, but also models the analysis required to arrive at that answer. As a 1L, my sole focus was finding the ‘right’ answer. Now I realize that there is no ‘right’ answer, only reasonable answers derived from sound legal analysis.”

Dos, Don'ts and Tips

While this may sound overwhelming, there are a few things you can do to ease some of the pressure:

1. Be thoroughly prepared for every class. This means not only doing all of the assigned reading, but also briefing the cases; that is, writing down the facts, holding, and reasoning so you won’t have to scramble to remember them when you’re called on.

2. Practice asking yourself questions about why the case was decided in a certain way and which facts seemed essential to the result. This will insure that you have a thorough understanding of the material and make it easier for you to think on your feet if you’re asked to start speculating about different results.

3. Stay calm and relaxed. Remember that the point of the Socratic Method isn’t to find some mysterious “right” answer but to teach you how lawyers think about legal questions. In fact, more often than not, there is no right answer. You’ll think more clearly if you don’t panic in a vain attempt not to say the wrong thing.

The Socratic Method can be frightening, especially when you’re new to law school, but it can also be an invigorating intellectual exercise that will stimulate your mind and get you started on your way to “thinking like a lawyer.”

About the University of La Verne College of Law

Located in Ontario, Calif., the University of La Verne College of Law serves over four million people as the only ABA-approved law school in Inland Southern California and an additional 2.2 million people in the San Gabriel Valley and Eastern Los Angeles County. For more information about the College of Law, please call (909) 460-2001 or visit the Web at law.laverne.edu

Webinar offered by Michigan State University

2009-10-05T15:26:00.001-07:00

This free webinar offers tips on how to craft a winning personal statement.

Michigan State University Law School

2009-10-05T15:23:00.000-07:00

This news update has information on preparing for the LSAT, applying for law school, and links to MSU School of Law.

Florida State Law - Summer Program for Undergraduates

2009-10-05T15:20:00.000-07:00

Applications for this May-intensive summer program will be accepted from October1, 2009 through March 26, 2010.

Lewis & Clark Law School

2009-10-05T15:18:00.001-07:00

News from the University of La Verne

2009-10-05T14:53:00.001-07:00

National Black Pre-Law Conference and Fair 2009

2009-09-07T18:47:00.000-07:00

You are cordially invited to attend...

The 5th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair 2009

Celebrating five years of inspiring and empowering aspiring Black lawyers!WHAT: The Fifth Annual National Black Pre-Law Admissions & Preparation Conference and Law School Recruitment Fair

WHERE:
University of Houston - Downtown, One Main Street (Downtown Houston), Houston, Texas

WHEN: Friday, November 6, 2009 and Saturday, November 7, 2009

WHO: High School Students, College Students, College Graduates, Career Changers, and Working Professionals Interested in Pursuing a Professional Law Degree (Juris Doctor); Multicultural/Diversity Affairs, Career Services, and Pre-Law Advisors; Parents, Mentors, and Supporters

FEATURES INCLUDE:

* Complimentary continental breakfasts
* Keynote addresses
* Law School Recruitment Fair
* Panel discussions and workshop sessions
* Mock LSAT diagnostic exam
* Mock law school class
* Signature Law School Admissions & Preparation Advice Help Clinic
* Networking opportunities (icebreakers, speed networking, socials)
* Catered Networking Receptions: An All-Black Affair and A Chocolate Affair: Fifth Anniversary Celebration
* Conference after party and post-conference mixers

HOW: Register by mail or fax (registration forms attached and available at the conference website) or register online at http://blackprelawconference2009.eventbrite.com/

EVERYONE IS WELCOME (regardless of race or ethnicity). Group discounts are available. Fee waivers are also available to those unable to afford the registration fee.

Visit us online at https://apumail.apu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=-1%26msgid=0%26act=11111%26c=391805%26admin=0%26destination=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.blackpremba.com%252F or http://www.blackprelawconference.com/.

E-mail us anytime at blackprelawconference@gmail.com OR info@blackprelawconference.com.

La Verne Law - Fall Global Colloquium Series

2009-09-05T06:57:00.000-07:00

Please see the ULV website for more information:

http://app.simplycast.com/email_view.php?group_idno=5685664&outgoing_idno=5687129&email_idno=345