Admissions
officials from 15 law schools are coming to chat with IUP students at the 30th annual Law School Fair on Thursday, October 20, 2016, in the Blue Room of
Sutton Hall.
“This
is an important opportunity for IUP students to connect with some great law
schools,” said Political Science faculty member Gwen Torges, who
coordinates IUP’s Pre-Law Program. She
said this is a chance for anyone who is even casually interested in someday
attending law school. “Schools from across
the country and with different specializations will give students a sense of
the variety of JD programs that are available.”
The
law schools registered to attend the 2016 Law School Fair are:
- CUNY
School of Law (Long Island City, NY)
- Drexel
University Thomas R. Kline School of Law (Philadelphia, PA)
- Duquesne
University School of Law (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Elon
University School of Law (Greensboro, NC)
- Florida
Coastal School of Law (Jacksonville, FL)
- Hofstra
University Maurice Deane School of Law (Hempstead, NY)
- Ohio
Northern University College of Law (Ada, OH)
- Penn
State Dickinson Law (Carlisle, PA)
- Penn
State Law (University Park, PA)
- Roger
Williams University School of Law (Bristol, RI)
- Temple
University Beasley School of Law (Philadelphia, PA)
- West
Virginia University College of Law (Morgan Town, WV)
- Western
New England University School of Law (Springfield, MA)
- Widener
Law Commonwealth (Harrisburg, PA)
- Widener
University Delaware School of Law (Wilmington, DE)
To
make the most out of a visit to the Law School Fair, Torges recommended that
students come prepared with questions for the law school representatives. “This is a chance to see what each school is
really like,” she said.
Torges
suggested that students consider asking questions such as the following:
- What’s the average class size and the faculty to student ratio?
- What type of internships, externships, and legal clinics does the
school offer?
- Are there opportunities for international study?
- What’s the cost?
- Does the school offer loan repayment programs for grads taking
low-income service jobs?
- Does the program offer
interdisciplinary opportunities (such as the option of getting a joint
JD/MA or JD/PhD?
- If you’re thinking about going part time, does the school offer
part-time programs?
- What percentage of students are find JD-required jobs after they
graduate, and what is the average time from graduation to employment?
- What kinds of placement services does the school provide?