"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
— Theodore Roosevelt
    26th President of the United States

As students move swiftly through college, a jolting realization stuns many during their sophomore years: they must declare a major. For students, declaring their majors during their sophomore year represents their first commitment to a career. How do students without career knowledge, courses in a specific field, and work experience, determine what their career path will be?

The greatest test of of analytical skills for a law student is analyzing and examining the reasons why he or she wanted to attend law school. Matching your personality and interests to your career and your professional goals is one of the most important endeavors and one of the most efficient ways to utilize your time. Your successful career development depends upon your ability to seek information about yourself and about careers — to understand your expectations and then to expose yourself to new challenges.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ goal in providing law school advising is to inform students about the legal profession and about law school so students can make judicious, well-thought-out decisions before undertaking a career in law. The Law School Advising Program has devised the following steps you can take to explore you career interests: