LEAP 2025
LEAP 2025 will take place during UW-Madison’s spring break, Monday March 24th-Thursday March 27th. Applications for LEAP open each December and close in late January.
If you have applied in a previous year and were not selected, we encourage you to apply again this year!
About LEAP
The Spring Break Law Experience and Advising Program (LEAP) is a FREE four-day immersion program coordinated by the UW-Madison Center for Pre-Law Advising (CPLA) in collaboration with SuccessWorks in the College of Letters & Science and other campus-community partners. LEAP is designed to help undergraduate students explore their interest in pursuing a career in law, learn more about what it means to work as an attorney, and build awareness of broader career opportunities
LEAP includes extensive advising support as well as programming such as:
- Trips to law firms and courts
- Visits to UW Law School and Marquette Law School
- Networking opportunities with area professionals, UW alumni, and UW staff.
Participants will learn from practicing attorneys and policy professionals, law students, UW career advisors, and others, about different types of law, career development, the law school application process, and how to determine whether becoming a lawyer is the right path for you. One of the goals of LEAP is to help broaden student awareness of career paths, including and beyond law school, that may help them reach their professional goals.
Selections Considerations:
LEAP is designed to help increase access and equity in legal fields through exposing students to the practice of law, supporting enhanced professional networks, building awareness of the legal landscape and related career paths, and ensuring greater understanding of the law school application process.
- Participants must be current UW-Madison undergraduates with an interest in exploring law.
- Participants should have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5, but exceptions may be granted based on extenuating circumstances or upward grade trends.
- Priority will be given to applicants who:
- Are committed to the program mission of working towards greater equity in legal and related fields
- Will significantly benefit from gaining more exposure to law fields and building related professional networks
- Will be in the first generation of their families to complete a college degree and/or pursue law school.
- Will help create a dynamic and inclusive learning environment.