BROOKLYN
245 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205
Main: 718.940.5300
Admissions: 718.940.5800
Fax: 718.940.5680
LONG ISLAND
155 W. Roe Blvd., Patchogue, NY 11772
Main: 631.687.5100
Admissions: 631.687.4500
Fax: 631.687.4539
PRE-LAW ADVISING AT ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NEW YORK
The pre-law program on the Brooklyn Campus of St. Joseph's University serves in an advisory role for students interested in law as a possible career. Select faculty members serve as pre-law advisers and give guidance to students who have questions about a career in law. The pre-law program organizes various events including speakers, LSAT preparations seminars, personal statement workshops. In addition, the pre-law program provides resources to aid students who are applying to law schools and offers information about preparing for the LSAT, different law schools, and the admissions process.
The American Bar Association (ABA) does not prescribe a particular major as a prerequisite for admission to law school. Rather prospective law students are free to choose among the wide variety of majors including the humanities, social sciences, sciences, arts, or other disciplines.
Consider pre-law as a state of mind, then, rather than a major. Although any major will prepare you to enter law school, it is very important to talk to those who know about law as a profession and about applying to law school as you work out your career plans and goals.
One step along this path is to select courses that will help you develop the skills necessary to succeed as an attorney. To facilitate this selection process, the ABA has identified the following skills:
At the same time, you should select courses that you find both interesting and intellectually challenging. Since law school admission is highly competitive, it is important that you attain a high grade point average and that you also prepare for the possibility of a career outside of law.
Students interested in law school might consider classes in any of the following areas:
Elizabeth Bonina, J.D.
Lecturer
Business Administration
[email protected]
Michael Burke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Philosophy
[email protected]
St. Angela Hall, First Floor
Peter M. Maust, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
History
[email protected]
Lorenzo Hall, Third floor
Joseph Pascarella, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Criminal Justice
[email protected]
Lorenzo Hall
Benedick G. Turner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
English
[email protected]
Lorenzo Hall, Second floor
Prospective law students may contact any of the members of the committee to obtain information about the pre-law program.
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