MAPLA – Midwest Association of Pre-Law Advisors

Save the Date: Navigating LSAC Reports webinar December 12th at 1:30pm CST

Please join us on Thursday, December 12 at Noon central for an informative and interactive webinar with Janet Mitchell (Pre-Law Advisor at UW-Madison) and Erin Reichelt (Associate Director for Pre-Law Services at U. of MN). Janet and Erin will talk about how to use LSAC reports to best help your students and also to find, interpret, and report important data to your home institution.

New Resources available to MAPLA members

This summer, MAPLA updated our Member Content & Resources page to make it more user friendly and add lots of new content! You’ll now find an archive of our previous MAPLA Minute email newsletters, and a BRAND NEW Member Resources page with tons of resources for both new and experienced pre-law advisors. Check it out and update your bookmarks! You’ll find the annual MAPLA member password to access these areas of the site in every MAPLA minute newsletter.

Remembering MAPLA’s Longtime Treasurer and Former President, Don Racheter

Read our tribute to MAPLA’s longtime treasurer, Don Racheter, who recently passed away at MAPLA Remembers Don Racheter. Don’s legacy will continue to be celebrated by MAPLA through initiatives he started including the Racheter DEI MAPLA Membership Scholarship and the Racheter MAPLA Impact Award.

Since its inception in 1975, MAPLA has served as an effective vehicle for communication among professionals involved in pre-law advising and in the law school admissions process. MAPLA members advise students in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

To further advance MAPLA’s core mission of outreach and support for pre-law advising professionals, in 2022 MAPLA established the Racheter DEI Membership Scholarship. The Racheter DEI Membership Scholarship program provides support to pre-law advisors from diverse or underrepresented groups and to advisors providing pre-law advising services at institutions that serve students from diverse and underrepresented populations within the legal profession. To learn more about the Racheter DEI Membership Scholarship program, click here.

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Save the Date: Navigating LSAC Reports webinar December 12th at 1:30pm CST

New Resources available to MAPLA members

Remembering MAPLA’s Longtime Treasurer and Former President, Don Racheter

Supporting Pre-law Advisors Across the Midwest

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