The University at Albany is a wise choice for students interested in pre-law. Being accepted into law school is a competitive process, and a UAlbany undergraduate education will help prepare future lawyers. Our location in the state’s capital affords students the unique opportunity to intern at the Senate and Assembly, to work in local law offices as part of the Community and Public Service Program, and to benefit from the many law-related courses offered across a number of disciplines each semester and the expertise of the instructors who teach them.

Pre-law advisement is offered through the Advisement Services Center, and is readily accessible to all interested students. Dawn Kakumba has been the pre-law advisor at the University at Albany for over fifteen years, and Dr. Linda Scoville has been an academic advisor at the University since 1996; both Dawn and Linda are members of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors.

Each semester students are offered a variety of pre-law programs sponsored by the Advisement Services Center, and the Annual Capital District Law Fair is held on the UAlbany campus every fall. Our campus is also home to an active student-run pre-law association and fraternity. The 3 + 3 Program, offered in conjunction with Albany Law School, allows eligible students to begin law school at the end of their junior year.

University at Albany graduates have consistently placed above the national average for law school admission rates in the last several years, and Albany graduates are admitted to law schools such as Georgetown University, New York University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, Boston College, Fordham, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, and Albany Law School, to name a few.