Law Day Fair
Our signature event, held in the autumn of each year, provides students with the opportunity to meet with law school representatives from around the country. Representatives will be on campus to provide students with information and answer questions about law school admissions. Law school representatives will conduct brief, informal interviews with competitive senior applicants.
Miami University invites all students, law schools, and law-related vendors and organizations to participate in its annual Law Fair on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at the Shriver Center. Law Day is FREE to all Miami students and alumni.
There is a fee of $100 to participate, which covers a light lunch and refreshments and a table with two chairs to display your material. The deadline to register was Wednesday, October 9, 2024. No refunds will be given after this date.
Location
Shriver Center
701 E. Spring Street
Oxford, OH 45056
11:30am-1:30pm
Parking
Parking Website Instructions
- Click "Manage Account" in the center of the screen
- Then scroll down to "Guest Login"
- If you have had a Miami parking permit before, click "Reset forgotten password"
- If you are new to Miami, click "Create an account"
- Once you are logged into your parking account, return to this email and click the permit registration link again to get a permit for the Law Fair.
Questions
Please contact us at: prelaw@MiamiOH.edu, or 513-529-6029.
Preparing for the Law Expo
Questions to Ask
Please refer to LSAC's Law School Forums and Fairs page about potential questions to ask at a law fair.
What to Wear
While there is no dress code required, law schools may still be taking notes on who they meet with — consider the impression you are making! It is common to see juniors and seniors in business dress attire (suit or comparable) while first-year students and sophomores are often in business casual attire.
Year-By-Year Expectations
First and second year students are invited to take it all in — pick up literature from schools you think might interest you and listen to some of the questions upper-class students are asking (and the answers they are getting).
Juniors should use the Law Fair as a resource to figure out what they are looking for in a legal education and to start identifying which schools interest them. Be sure to do some preliminary research on schools you think you might apply to, but also feel free to engage with other law schools as well.
Seniors should use the Law Fair to get to know more about the law schools and introduce themselves as a potential applicant. If you are in the process of applying, try to stop by each school you're applying to and introduce yourself. All law schools track connections with students, whether it's via email, phone call, in-person, or at a Law Fair, so this is an opportunity to make a good impression.
Other Dos and Don'ts
The following suggestions are shared by Janet Hein, Director of Admissions at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law:
- Before the Expo
- Research which schools will be attending.
- Have at least 3 questions prepared (pointed and that reflect you did your research on each school).
- At the Expo
- Do not be too familiar (treat the representatives with professional respect).
- Be calm and pointed in asking questions.
- Actively listen to the representative (do not just wait for your turn to talk).
- Be respectful of the representative's time (they would like to talk to as many students at they can).
- After the Law Fair
- Email a thank you to each representative that you talk to (within 24 hours). Protocol for emails:
- Use Mr./Ms. or the representative's title (e.g., Dean).
- Always use professional language. Do not use inappropriate language (even casually).
- Be patient for a response.
- Treat your email as if it were a writing sample.
- Be precise and concise in your message.
- Do not bombard them with additional emails.
- Email a thank you to each representative that you talk to (within 24 hours). Protocol for emails:
- Albany Law School
- American University Washington College of Law
- Ave Maria School of Law
- Baylor University School of Law
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Boston College Law School
- Brooklyn Law School
- Campbell Law
- Capital University Law School
- Case School of Law
- Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
- Charleston School of Law
- Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Cleveland State University College of Law
- Cooley Law School
- DePaul University College of Law
- Fordham University School of Law
- George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law
- Georgia State College of Law
- Hofstra Law School
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law- Bloomington
- Lewis & Clark Law School
- Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
- LSU Law Center
- Marquette University Law School-Director of Admissions & Recruitment Stephanie Nikolay
- Michigan State University College of Law
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- New England Law | Boston
- NKU Chase College of Law
- Notre Dame Law School
- Ohio Northern University The Pettit College of Law
- Penn State Dickinson Law
- Quinnipiac University School of Law
- Richmond Law
- Robert H. McKinney School of Law
- Saint Louis University School of Law
- St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law
- Stetson University College of Law
- TestMasters
- Texas A&M University School of Law
- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
- The University of Akron School of Law
- The University of Toledo College of Law
- Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
- Tulane University Law School
- UCLA School of Law
- University of California, Irvine School of Law
- University of Cincinnati College of Law
- University of Dayton
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law
- University of Illinois College of Law
- University of Iowa College of Law
- University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
- University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
- University of Minnesota Law School
- University of Oregon School of Law
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law
- University of St. Thomas School of Law
- University of Wisconsin Law School
- Vermont Law and Graduate School
- Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
- Wake Forest University School of Law
- Wayne State University Law School
- West Virginia University College of Law
- Willamette University College of Law
The Law Day Fair is one of the best things the Pre-Law program does. I'm really glad I came.
Monika Mudd