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Thinking About Law School: Resources in the UCLA Law Library for Undergraduates: Home

Materials for the pre-law student.

Admission to Law School

50 Real Law School Personal Statements by Mary Adkins (Editor); jdMission Senior Consultants Staff
Call Number: Law Library Stacks KF285 .A14 2015
ISBN: 1941234542
55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays by Harvard Crimson Staff
Call Number: KF285 .A15 2014
ISBN: 9781250047236
Essays That Worked for Law Schools by Boykin Curry; Brian Kasbar
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF285 .E87 2003
ISBN: 0345450426
How to Get into Harvard Law School by Willie J. Epps
Call Number: Law Library Stacks, KF 292 .H34 E67 1996
ISBN: 0809232529
Publication Date: 1996-04-01
How to Get into Law School by Susan Estrich
Call Number: Law Library Stacks, KF 285 .E878 2004
ISBN: 1594480354
Publication Date: 2004-08-31
How to Get into the Top Law Schools by Richard Montauk
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF285 .M66 2011
ISBN: 0735204578
Publication Date: 2011-08-02
How to Think about Law School by Michael R. Dillon
Call Number: Law Library Stacks KF285 .D55 2013
ISBN: 1475802455
Publication Date: 2013-02-21
Is a Law Degree Still Worth the Price? by Creola Johnson
Call Number: Law Lilbrary Stacks KF272 .J59 2014
ISBN: 9781611633719
Law School by Michael S. Ariens
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF 283 .A75 2010
ISBN: 1594604436
Publication Date: 2010-08-01
Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition by Princeton Review Staff
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room KF285 .L393 2010
ISBN: 0307945251
Publication Date: 2012-12-11
Profiles & Essays of Successful African American Law School Applicants by Evangeline Mitchell
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF285 .M58 2004
ISBN: 9780967930312
Publication Date: 2004-03-01
The Law School Lowdown by Ian E Scott, , J.D.
Call Number: Law Library Stacks, KF283 .S37 2013
ISBN: 9781438003177

Getting Started

Law School Admission Council
Provides information on taking the LSAT, financial aid, and choosing the right law school.
U.S. News & World Report's Applying to Law School section

Career Choices

Don't Go to Law School (Unless) by Paul Campos
Call Number: Law Library Stacks, KF297 .C325 2012
ISBN: 1480163686
Publication Date: 2012-10-26
The Law School Decision Game by Ann K. Levine
Call Number: KF 285 L484 2011
ISBN: 9780983845300
The New What Can You Do with a Law Degree by Larry Richard; Tanya Hanson; Deborah L. Arron
Call Number: Law Library Stacks, KF297 .R53 2012
ISBN: 9780940675711
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
Should You Really Be a Lawyer? The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During and After Law School by Deborah Schneider; Gary Belsky
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF297 S36 2010
ISBN: 0940675617
Tomorrow's Lawyers by Richard Susskind
Call Number: Law Library Stacks K120 .S87 2013
ISBN: 9780199668069
What the L? by Kelsey May; Samantha Roberts; Elizabeth Shelton
Call Number: Law Library Stacks, KF 283. M36 2010
ISBN: 9781594608605
Publication Date: 2010-07-01

Law School Profiles

ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools by Law School Admission Council (Created by)
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF 273 A86 2013
ISBN: 0984636048
The Best 168 Law Schools by Princeton Review
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF 266B47 2013
ISBN: 0307945308
Guide to Law Schools by Barron's Educational Series; Gary A. Munneke (Introduction by)
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF 266 E6 2012
ISBN: 0764147501
The Law School Buzz Book by Vault Editorial Staff
Call Number: Law Library Reference Reading Room, KF285 .L363 2004
ISBN: 1581312962
Law School Confidential by Robert H. Miller
Call Number: Law Library Stacks, KF283 .M55 2011
ISBN: 0312605110
Publication Date: 2011-04-26

Law School Rankings