{"id":5,"date":"2012-08-17T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T20:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:24:07","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Pre-Law Advising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pre-Law Advising Office provides students and alumni considering law school and careers in law with a full range of information and services. Whether you are planning on pursuing a career in the field of law or are simply exploring the option, we encourage you to connect with our office.<\/p>\n<p>We provide a variety of programs, services, and resources to help students make academic choices, explore extracurricular activities, learn about the legal profession, consider alternative pathways, and navigate the application process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the Pre-Law Advising Mailing List!<\/strong> Students and alumni who join our mailing list will receive e-mail notices about our programming as well as related meetings and events taking place on campus and in the Boston area. Fill out our online form <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/mailing-list\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a component of the law school application, some law schools require the <b><i>Dean\u2019s Letter of Recommendation<\/i><\/b> (also called the Dean\u2019s Certification, College Questionnaire, or College Certification). At Boston University, the Pre-Professional Advising Office is responsible for completing Dean\u2019s letters. If you find that your application\/s require a Dean&#8217;s letter, contact the Pre-Professional Advising Office for information on how to have your request processed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/prelaw\/files\/2023\/09\/NewEventLogo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/prelaw\/files\/2023\/09\/NewEventLogo-636x228.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"228\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6430 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/files\/2023\/09\/NewEventLogo-636x228.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/files\/2023\/09\/NewEventLogo-1024x368.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/files\/2023\/09\/NewEventLogo-768x276.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/files\/2023\/09\/NewEventLogo.jpeg 1092w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pre-Law Advising Office provides students and alumni considering law school and careers in law with a full range of information and services. Whether you are planning on pursuing a career in the field of law or are simply exploring the option, we encourage you to connect with our office. We provide a variety of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1301,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8933,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/8933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}