Law Society
The Law Society is a student-run organization; Law and Justice faculty provide advice and assistance. The society sponsors lectures on law and the legal profession, arranges field trips to courts, government agencies, and law schools and has participated in state-wide mock trial competitions.
Pre-Law Workshops
In additional to individual pre-law advising by Law and Justice Program faculty, the Law and Justice Program also has sponsored workshops on various aspects of career preparation and law school application process. For example, an experienced pre-law advisor has held “Personal Statement Workshops” designed to help students with this difficult and often vexing aspect of the law school application.
Law School Representatives
Representatives from various law schools have come to Rider University to discuss the process of applying to law schools generally and to their schools in particular. The Law and Justice Program, along with the Law Society, arranges and announces these visits.
Rider Mock Trial
Mock trial is an intercollegiate competitive activity that simulates a trial in court. Each year, nearly 500 colleges and universities across the country receive case material from AMTA (the American Mock Trial Association), alternating between criminal and civil cases. Each school prepares its own witnesses and attorneys, and then presents their case against other schools in front of judges who score every aspect of the presentation and determine the winner. Learn more about Mock Trial at Rider.