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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 18, 2023, from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at the Shriver Center. Law Day is FREE to all Miami students and alumni.

Information for Law Schools and Vendors

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 is Wednesday, October 4, 2023. No refunds will be given after this date.

Registration for Law Day is now closed

Location

Shriver Center
701 E. Spring Street
Oxford, OH 45056
11:30am-1:30pm

Shipping Materials

You may ship any marketing or recruiting materials that you want available for our Law Day Fair. We ask that they arrive no later than October 10, 2023. We will deliver your materials to your table at the Shriver Center Multipurpose Room the morning of the Fair. You may also drop off materials at the Shriver Center, 701 E. Spring Street, Oxford, OH 45056 prior to parking the day of the Fair.
Please ship materials to

Sue J. Henry Center for Pre-Law Education
159 Upham Hall
Oxford, OH 45056

Parking

There are several options for parking around the Shriver Center. Register your car for parking in any of Miami’s red lots. Your registration is digital, there is nothing to print out or display, our lots are monitored electronically by license plate number.

Register for Parking on Our Campus

There are also two public parking garage options (South Campus Ave Garage and North Campus Garage), both a few of blocks from the Shriver Center.

Due to limitations and parking availability at the Shriver Center, there will NOT be shuttles to and from North Campus Garage. If you park in a garage, please drop off your materials at the Shriver Center, 701 E. Spring Street, Oxford, OH 45056 prior to parking.

Parking Garage Locations

North Garage (Academic Parking Structure)
100 Withrow Ln.
Oxford, OH 45056

South Garage (Campus Avenue Garage)
501 S. Campus Ave.
Oxford, OH 45056

Questions

Please contact us at: prelaw@MiamiOH.edu, or 513-529-6029.

Information for Students and Alumni

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.

Participating Law Schools

  • Albany Law School
  • American University Washington College of Law
  • Ave Maria School of Law
  • Baylor Law School
  • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • Boston College Law School
  • Brooklyn Law School
  • Capital University Law School
  • Case Western Reserve University 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
  • Columbia Law School
  • Cooley Law School
  • Creighton University School of Law
  • CUNY School of Law
  • DePaul University - College of Law
  • Emory School of Law
  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington
  • IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law
  • Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law
  • Louisiana State University Law Center
  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
  • Marquette University Law School
  • Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
  • Michigan State University College of Law
  • New England Law | Boston
  • Notre Dame Law School
  • Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
  • Penn State Dickinson Law
  • Penn State Law
  • Quinnipiac University School of Law
  • Saint Louis University School of Law
  • Saint Louis University School of Law
  • St. John's University School of Law
  • St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law
  • Stetson University College of Law
  • Suffolk University Law School
  • Texas A&M 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
  • UC Irvine, School of Law
  • University at Buffalo School of Law
  • University of Baltimore School of Law
  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 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 Rosenberg College of Law
  • University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
  • University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
  • University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
  • University of Missouri School of Law/Mizzou Law
  • University of Nebraska College of Law
  • University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
  • University of Oregon School of Law
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law
  • University of Richmond School of Law
  • University of San Francisco School of Law
  • University of South Carolina School of Law
  • University of St. Thomas School of Law - Minneapolis
  • University of Washington School of Law
  • University of Wisconsin Law School
  • Vanderbilt Law School
  • Vermont Law and Graduate School
  • Wake Forest University School of Law
  • Wayne State University Law School
  • West Virginia University College of Law