Sep 28, 2026 · 56 min · 9 segments
Going to an LSAC forum this fall? Learn what actually makes a good impression (hint: don't ask anything that's already on the school's website) and how to turn a quick conversation into gold for your…
But what's going on before that? It's...
Recruitment season.
The pressure's on.
Everything you say at these forums matters.
You could make or break your law school career.
Is this true? I don't even know.
Does it matter? By the way, I guess what we should do is a quick little rundown.
The traveling circus of the LSAC, which is not a circus in any sort of bad way, a fun circus that comes with lots of different things to do in different cities, is coming to most, I guess they would consider these major cities across the U.S., Me and Alex will also be traveling along to many of those as well.
And yeah, there's lots of law schools there recruiting you, different booths that you can go to.
There's plenty of keynote speakers.
So yeah, what's the deal with these forums? Like what can we get out of them? Does it, I don't know, do all the impressions that you make at these forums matter? How do you put your best foot forward?
Yeah.
Are they important to go to? I mean, I never went to one.
Did you
hear about them or you did know about them and you just were like, ah.
I honestly don't remember.
I don't think we were like this big of a thing back then, but watch someone check me like 10 years ago, actually, Pauline.
You know what?
That was at the peak.
That was when all of them were so important.
Yeah, exactly.
But what's going on before that? It's...
Recruitment season.
The pressure's on.
Everything you say at these forums matters.
You could make or break your law school career.
Is this true? I don't even know.
Does it matter? By the way, I guess what we should do is a quick little rundown.
The traveling circus of the LSAC, which is not a circus in any sort of bad way, a fun circus that comes with lots of different things to do in different cities, is coming to most, I guess they would consider these major cities across the U.S., Me and Alex will also be traveling along to many of those as well.
And yeah, there's lots of law schools there recruiting you, different booths that you can go to.
There's plenty of keynote speakers.
So yeah, what's the deal with these forums? Like what can we get out of them? Does it, I don't know, do all the impressions that you make at these forums matter? How do you put your best foot forward?
Yeah.
Are they important to go to? I mean, I never went to one.
Did you
hear about them or you did know about them and you just were like, ah.
I honestly don't remember.
I don't think we were like this big of a thing back then, but watch someone check me like 10 years ago, actually, Pauline.
You know what?
That was at the peak.
That was when all of them were so important.
Yeah, exactly.
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