The 2025 Suit Up session program will be held June 9, 2025 - June 27, 2025.

All applicants will be notified by May 12, 2025, regarding the status of their application. 

For more information about the Suit Up for the Future program, please click here.

Welcome to the Suit Up online application process!

Program structure:
Suit Up for the Future is a three-week legal institute, during which students attend an abridged law school session, tour law schools, courts, and agencies, and participate in an internship consisting of job shadowing at area law offices, and courts, and agencies.

Students are responsible for their own transportation to the Louisiana Bar Center as well as to employer job shadowing locations. They are also responsible for any housing needed during the time of the program. The program covers meals, and transportation to and from the various tours.

Housing:

Due to ongoing construction, students will not have the option in 2025 of paying a residential housing fee with the Office of Student Affairs, Residential Life, Loyola University New Orleans.

Students can have their chaperones book with Sonder properties at the Printing Press by clicking here.
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Eligibility:
Students should have an interest in pursuing a legal career and should be entering the 11th or 12th Grade in the Fall of 2025 or entering their first year of college in the Fall of 2025. Students must commit to attend all three weeks of the program. Students that have applied previously and were not accepted are encouraged to apply again.
 
Selection Criteria:
All applications must be completed through this online application process. Each completed application must include:

• a recent report card/progress report from the school the student is enrolled.

• a letter of recommendation.

These documents must be submitted by the application deadline.

Additional Application Information:
Once you begin the online application, you must complete it. You may not save it and return to it. If you are not prepared to complete the application, simply come back to this link when you are ready. Upon completing the application, you will be able to view and print the submitted information.

All fields marked with an asterisk (*) denotes that a response is required to move forward with completion of the application. If you do not have a response for an area of the application, please indicate n/a (not applicable) and move on to the next field. 

In addition to completing basic information about yourself, your family and your school, you will also be requested to:

• submit the name of the individual who will write a letter of recommendation for you; and

• submit a 500-word (or less) essay.

Essay Question:
"What is the importance of the American legal system and the role it plays in developing and maintaining our society?"

Thank you for your interest. We look forward to receiving your application.

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