Legal Career Resources at Cornell

Books

The Best Law Schools. Thomas H. Martinson. New York, New York: Prentice Hall, 1998. 

The Complete Law School Companion. Jeff Deaver. New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992.

Getting Into Law School Today. Thomas H. Martinson and David P. Waldherr. New York, New York: Macmillan, 1998.

How to Get Into the Top Law Schools. Richard Montauk. Paramus, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001.

How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School.  Richard J. Stelzer. Princeton, New Jersey: Peterson's Guides, 1997.

Inside the Law Schools. Carol-June Cassidy with S.F. Goldfarb. New York, New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc., 1998.

Law School Companion.  Paul M. Lisnek, Steven I. Friedland, and Chris M. Salamone. New York, New York: Random House, Inc., 1995.

Law School Survival: A Crash Course for Students by Students. Greg and Shannon Gottesman. New York, New York: Macmillan USA, 1998.

LSAT: The Official Triple Prep Plus. Newtown, Pennsylvania: Law School Admission Council, 2000.

The NAPLA/SAPLA Book of Law School Lists 2003-2004. Edward Stern and Gerald Wilson, eds. Kaplan, Inc., 2003.

Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools 2003 Edition.  American Bar Association and Law School Admission Council, 2002.

The Official LSAT PrepBook. Newtown, Pennsylvania: Law School Admission Services, 1991.

The Official LSAT PrepTest I-XXIV.  Newtown, Pennsylvania: Law School Admission Council, 1991-1997.

Perfect Personal Statements. Mark Alan Stewart. New York, New York: Macmillan, 1996.

Thinking About Law School: A Minority Guide. Newtown, Pennsylvania: Law School Admission Council, 1996.

A Woman's Guide to Law School. Linda Hirshman. New York, New York: Penguin Books, 1999.

Dollars for College: The Quick Guide to Financial Aid for Law. Elizabeth A. Olson. Garrett Park, Maryland: Garrett Park Press, 1997.

Financial Aid for Minorities in Business and Law.  Garrett Park, Maryland: Garrett Park Press, 1995.

Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans, 12th Edition.  Valerie J. Webster, ed. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, Inc., 2000.

Additional Resources

Law school catalogs and bulletins

Boston College Law School Range Finder (groupings of schools by LSAT and GPA medians)

Action Report (information on where Cornell students and alumni have applied to law school)

Survey responses of Cornellians at law schools across the country

Notebooks with career information, law school rankings, and scholarship opportunities

Video- and audiotapes of programs on legal careers

Law-Related Organizations

• American Bar Association (ABA) is the national organization of the legal profession. The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the ABA is identified by the U.S. Department of Education as the "nationally recognized accrediting agency for professional schools of law."
• American Bar Association (ABA) is the national organization of the legal profession. The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the ABA is identified by the U.S. Department of Education as the "nationally recognized accrediting agency for professional schools of law."
• Council on Legal Education opportunity (CLEO) assists economically and educationally disadvantaged applicants in preparing for law school. Contact CLEO at abanet.org/cleo.
• Law School Admission Council, LSAC, is a nonprofit corporation comprised of 198 law schools in the U.S. and Canada that provides services to the legal education community.
• National Association for Law Placement (NALP) is a professional organization that provides information about placement and recruiting trends.
• HEATH Resource Center is a national clearing house for persons with disabilities.

Contact information for these organizations (except CLEO) is provided in the Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools.