Pre-Law

Students who choose to prepare for law school will connect early with the university's Pre-Law Study. You'll have the opportunity to connect with a pre-law adviser who is a professor and an attorney. This mentorship will help you improve your chances in the highly competitive law school admissions process.

SCSU's Pre-Law Advisor
James Lange, J.D., Professor of Marketing
Email: jrlange@stcloudstate.edu 

Pre-Law in the University Catalog

Program Highlights

• 3+3 agreements with Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Drake Law School, and University of St. Thomas School of Law. 
• Seminars on law school and legal careers, preparation for law school application, and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) preparation and testing. 
• Participation in the annual fall Law School Forum in Chicago and Midwest Law School Caravan, which connects students to hundreds of law school representatives who answer questions about their programs.
• Pre-law scholarships are available through the Financial Aid Office and various academic departments.

Program Distinctions

• Graduates accepted to dozens of schools, including the four premiere Minnesota law schools as well as Harvard, Cornell, Berkeley, Duke, Michigan, NYU and Virginia. 
• Notable alumni:
  • Benneth Sheeley '11 was named to the Top 40 Under 40 Black Lawyers in California list in 2020. He is a member of the Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP firm's Entertainment and Digital Media Practice Group in Los Angeles. 
  • Hao Nguyen '05 is an assistant city prosecutor for the City of St. Cloud and worked as a police officer and deputy before earn a law degree at Hamline University in St. Paul.
  • Tiffany Reiter '97 is an associate in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson, an intellectual property and patent litigation firm with offices in the U.S. and Germany.
  • Lawyer and activist Keesha Gaskins '96 is senior counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law, New York City.