Few schools offer as much as SHSU when it comes to preparing students for a career as an attorney. Sam Houston has a dedicated pre-law advising center (the LEAP Center), offers law-related internships, features a robust Pre-Law Society, boasts extensive programming, sports a Moot Court team, and ranks among the top four percent in North American Universities as a “law-school feeder,” according to the Law School Admissions Council.
One small part of this equation is students’ access to free practice LSATs under supervised conditions, professionally scored. Each long semester, the LEAP Center hosts a Mock LSAT, where students–freshmen to post-grad–can come in and take the LSAT under test-like conditions. In the past year, more than 100 students have availed themselves of this option.
This includes 45 students who showed up today, on a rainy Saturday morning for a three-hour test.
All of them are part of the Pre-Law Society at SHSU, one of the largest academic organizations on campus, and one of the largest pre-law organizations in Texas.
The simulated test provides many advantages: (1) it provides test-day conditions for the LSAT, giving students a better idea of what to expect on the day of their real test; (2) it gives students an idea of how close they are to achieving their desired score; and (3) it allows them to compete for the Pre-Law Society scholarship for LSAT test preparation.
These advantages are just some of the reasons that SHSU ranks among the top LSAT feeders in the country. Of course, that ranking also reflects the fact that SHSU students are sufficiently dedicated to their studies and their futures that will awake early on a Saturday and sit through a grueling test.
For the motivated students at SHSU or who might be considering SHSU for their pre-law studies, advising is available at the LEAP Center. Professor Mike Yawn (mike.yawn@shsu.edu) or Ms. Jean Loveall (jal072@shsu.edu) can assist students with a timeline, steps to take, and, of course, regular opportunities such as the Mock LSAT.
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