LAAC PathwaysFor law school career services09Field guide

Give every student a clearer next step.

Use counselor-ready pathways, fellowship comparisons, deadlines, and shareable resources without building a separate public-interest curriculum from scratch.

Browse counselor resources

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Support the next step

Pathway conversation guide

Start with the student's timing, interests, financial needs, geography, and desired experience.

Use the pathway explorer

Planning calendar

Help students understand when preparation begins, not simply when an application closes.

Open the timeline

California organization discovery

Introduce regional, rural, and practice-specific organizations through one structured directory.

Explore organizations

Responsible recommendation guide

Explain what matching can surface, which data is used, and why recommendations are never hiring decisions.

Review matching

A 15-minute starting conversation

Four questions that create movement.

01What kind of change do you want your legal work to support?
02What experience can you realistically pursue next?
03Where can you live, travel, or work?
04Which deadlines require action before the student feels “ready”?

Bring California legal aid into your advising.

Open the toolkit