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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any of you who went to law school feel like advising in college made a difference or was helpful? Every school we visit has some kind of pre-law advising. What do we look for? [/quote]
I am an attorney. I did not even consider going to law school until I had been working for a couple of years, back in the days before widespread internet. I had zero prelaw advising and the only thing that was missing from my experience was knowing how many schools to apply to.

The most important advice is already in this thread, to get a high college GPA, prep for the LSAT (which I did not do back in the day but it worked out), maybe work after college to get your feet wet in the business world. In my opinion, I don't think legal ECs have any special importance, except to be in a law firm office try to get a glimpse of what an attorney's day is like, especially for young associates. Since the job can often have an intellectual side, that part is not something that can necessarily be experienced going in.

There is literally nothing you need advising on that isn't already at your fingertips, via the internet. Accordingly, possible differences in quality of "prelaw" advising are irrelevant for choosing an undergrad.[/quote]

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