What resources are available to Holy Cross students seeking to study law?

We offer many services to both our undergraduates and alumni seeking to study law.

Individual counseling of our students is the cornerstone of our advising system. It is available on a regular basis throughout the school year. Professor Scott Sandstrom, is the Prelaw advisor for the College. He has taught at the college level for nearly 20 years. In addition to being a CPA, he has a law degree and has “had the law school experience.”

Preparing an application strategy, developing a personal essay, choosing to study law (or not), financing one's graduate education and preparing for the law school admissions test (LSAT) are topics frequently discussed. Group presentations are given each year to students at different levels about law study and the admission process. We also maintain a fully automated database of registered Prelaw students, assuring that they know when an important event or presentation will occur.

• The Prelaw Advisor organizes a wide range of speakers, usually alumni, who return to Holy Cross to speak to our students about their careers and law school experience. We also have a law professor visit the College to conduct a law class at Holy Cross, and answer questions generated by the students who attend.
• Students are invited (and we provide a bus) to attend the annual Law Forum in Boston, where more than 100 law school admission representatives are present to meet prospective law students and distribute their promotional and other admission materials.
• The Counseling Center and Career Planning Office arranges interviews for our students with about 20 law schools that visit Holy Cross annually. Both the Center and the Prelaw advisor maintain files and other resources (literature, catalogs, VCR tapes, etc.) and information of general interest to Prelaw students. A credential file is available that allows for the gathering of letters of recommendation for either immediate or later (post-graduation) use in applying to law school.
• We offer materials to assist students with the LSAT. We also have several interactive computer programs for the LSAT available in our language lab (open every day). We have a contract with one of the leading LSAT test preparation services where they provide our students an on-campus course with a material price discount and financial aid to students receiving aid from the college. As a result, we believe more of our students are prepared for taking this difficult exam.
• The St. Thomas More Pre-Legal Society is an organization of students considering law as a career. The society suggests and presents several events a year, often including film and discussion sessions.

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