This Friday, The University will host a Law School Fair at 101 Olscamp Hall from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to benefit perspective law students. The fair is being held for any students that have questions or want to talk with a representative from their perspective law school in person.
Thirty-eight law school admissions representatives from colleges in Ohio and around the country will be in attendance including: Case Western Reserve University, Ohio State University, Michigan State University, the University of California- Irvine and the University of Toledo.
Assistant Director of the Career Center, Heather Golden, explained how the event can be helpful for students that show an interest in finding out more about the law programs from different universities.
“Meeting one-on-one with a law school recruiter allows a student to learn about LSAT score requirements, the cost of attending, and other details that can help them decide which law schools they would like to apply to,” Golden said in an email. “(The Law School Fair) becomes a very personal experience to talk with someone about a program instead of only looking it up online.”
The Law School Fair is open to students of all majors. Usually, those who attend are students from political science and philosophy but in the past, students who are majoring in sport management, education, and neuroscience have also attended.
“I would highly encourage anyone, even a freshman, who has even the slightest interest in attending law school to visit the Law Day,” Director of Admission and Financial Aid at the University of Cincinnati, Alfred Watson, said in an email.
Representatives and students meeting in the same place to develop a relationship in the admissions process is important to Watson.
“This is a mutually beneficial process,” Watson said. The hope is (that) students will do a deeper informational dive on the law schools they are interested in after the fair.”
Watson hopes that after the Law School Day, students will schedule visits to schools that they are interested in so they can sit in on a law class, take a tour with a current student while also talking with Admissions and Career Services about their career plans for law school.
Both Watson and Golden are enthusiastic for the Law School Fair on Friday because of the benefits it can bring to students and the schools of the representatives attending.
“We are excited to talk with current BGSU students interested in a law career,” Watson said.
