U.S. Law School Selected Internet Resources in the United States

Law School Application Resources

• Application Guide for Students with Disabilities
  
• The NAPLA-SAPLA Book of Law School Lists
• Part Time Law School Program Locator
• The NALP Directory
• What Law School Rankings Don’t Say About Costly Choices
  
• Equal Justice Works Guide to Law Schools
• The Pre-law Advisors National Council (PLANC)

The ABA’s Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar
• Web site: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education.html
• There are links to ABA-Approved Law Schools, Accreditation, and Bar Admissions.
• One may search for law schools alphabetically, by private school, by public school, and by geographic region on the ABA-Approved Law Schools page, http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/aba_approved_law_schools.html

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
• Web site: http://www.aals.org/index.php
• AALS is a nonprofit association of 171 law schools. Its purpose is “the improvement of the legal profession through legal education.”
• Publishes the Directory of Law Teachers, which lists, by school, the full-time faculty and professional staff of all member and fee-paid law schools. This annual publication contains biographical sketches of over 10,000 full-time teachers and lists full-time teachers by subjects taught.

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
• Web site: http://www.lsac.org/
• The LSAC is a nonprofit corporation “whose goal is to provide the highest quality admission-related services for legal education institutions and their applicants throughout the world.” Those services include the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), research and statistical reports, videos, and LSAT preparation tools.
• The most recent edition of the Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools is posted online at https://officialguide.lsac.org/release/OfficialGuide_Default.aspx. One may search in a variety of ways: keyword, geography, or by alphabet.
• The Research page (under LSAC Resources) includes a wealth of information, such as statistical reports, data on matriculants by ethnicity, and information on grants.

The State Bar of California
• http://www.calbar.ca.gov/
• There are several useful pages for prospective law students on the California Bar’s website. Click on the “Bar Exam” link on the right-side of the screen. The main screen includes information on the California Bar Exam. On the left, there are links to “Pre Legal and Legal Education,” “Law Schools,” “Other Attorney Admission/Law Student Programs,” and “Law Student Resources.”