A Note from Our President and CEO
Whether you’re new to your role as dean or have been a dean for many years, LSAC’s Deans’ Resources page will help you do a tough job better. As a former dean myself, I encourage you to bookmark this page, as you’ll find resources that can help you:
- Build your pipeline, assess applicants, and support your teams in those efforts.
- Foster an inclusive law school environment.
- Analyze data and meet your unique enrollment goals.
- Support the professional development of your staff.
We also provide a Deans’ Handbook with more detailed resources on a variety of topics, with frequent updates. Please reach out to me or any of my colleagues at LSAC throughout the year if we can be of service. We’re here to help you succeed as we advance our mission.
Best Regards,
Sudha Setty
President and CEO
Solutions to Help You Achieve Your Institution's Goals
Cultivating a Strong and Diverse Pipeline— Now and in the Future
LSAC invests significantly to expand the prelaw pipeline and to connect you with prospective applicants. LSAC’s robust digital marketing campaigns; Law School Forums; pathway support with Plus, Guided Journey; and generous fee waiver program are designed to help you recruit your ideal class. Among the many offerings through Legal Education Consulting (LEC), LSAC offers digital marketing services to further help you meet your school’s unique recruitment and enrollment goals.
Along the way, LSAC expands access to legal education through free and low-cost tools and resources for prospective students to build and improve skills necessary for law school success—from LSAT prep to 0L preparation courses and preprofessional development resources—delivered through a single, engaging LawHub® experience.
Powering the Law School Admission Team
In addition to expanding the overall applicant pool, LSAC provides admission professionals with tools, resources, and data to recruit effectively and achieve enrollment goals with streamlined processes.
That effort starts with the LSAT (PDF, 323KB), a valid and reliable standardized test designed specifically for law school admission and with input from law schools on the skills that matter most. Correlation studies consistently show that the LSAT is the best single predictor of first-year law school success. Properly used, the LSAT is a powerful tool, as part of a holistic admission process, for increasing access and identifying qualified applicants who may otherwise be overlooked.
LSAC helps your admission team identify and connect with prospective students through the Candidate Referral Service (CRS), a database of highly qualified prospects, and through the LSAC Law School Forums. Additionally, we provide enrollment modeling, custom reports and dashboards, and staffing support and training to complement and supplement the work of your admission office.
LSAC enables faster and more efficient file review via standardized applicant reports and credential packaging through the Credential Assembly Service (CAS), while LSAC Unite®, our powerful enrollment management platform designed specifically to meet the requirements of law school admission, helps your admission office spend less time on process and more time on high-value work.
Driving Innovations in a Dynamic Landscape
Given LSAC’s unique role, our experts understand the data, trends, and cycles that shape legal education. From strategic planning to enrollment management to support schools with student academic and bar passage success, LSAC’s tools and resources help law school leadership make effective decisions. You can connect with our Legal Education Consulting team to learn more.
LSAC provides a wide range of applied research and data to help you and your team make informed decisions on critical strategic and financial issues, including applicant volume data that is updated daily. You can also access data and expert perspectives on trending legal education topics through LSAC Insights, which includes resources such as our Law:Fully blog and the Keeping Up to Data podcast.
Throughout the year, admission and other law school professionals can engage in professional development and community-building opportunities, including webinars and workshops, to exchange ideas about the challenges they face. LSAC’s Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, in late spring, is the event admission professionals look forward to, and it’s complemented by programming for new admission professionals and from the RISE Alliance, a national center within LSAC that supports student-facing law school staff throughout the year.
Contact Us
LSAC is here to support your leadership. If you need strategic guidance, insights, or technical assistance, we’re just a conversation away. Contact our team at President@LSAC.org.