<p>For law school admissions, is active membership in the pre-law society looked upon favorably?</p>
<p>I can't imagine that they'd care much either way.</p>
<p>There are less traditional paths to law school. I think pre-law society is just about as unique as the pre-law major, if you get my drift.</p>
<p>I think it would be good if and only if nothing else in your application screams "pre-law in college!" (I do not mean a pre-law major!) If you're a poli sci, history, English, etc person, I don't think that it will help. If you do theatre, engineering, or accounting, then membership in a pre-law society will help to paint a picture of you as someone who is leveraging one skill into the legal profession. Someone who looks like a "career changer" (yes, even if you go straight to law school) may be helped by something that makes them look like this was a plan.</p>
<p>Now, membership in a pre-law society is a pretty lame way to do this. You could paralegal (think a litigation, patent, or corporate firm, respectively) after graduation or during summers. You could do mock trial.</p>
<p>I thought about joining a Pre-Law society and was informed by people at the UCLA law school that it was pointless.</p>
<p>While it may not help you gain admission to the law school of your dreams, to the extent that the activities of the pre-law society are interesting or informative to you, it may be a valuable experience.</p>
<p>I doubt it will help your chances of admissions. However, by visiting nearby law schools and firms and such in your pre-law program, you can see whether a career in law is for you.</p>
<p>it certainly wont hurt.</p>