An activity by Street Law, Inc.
Career Bingo
Objective
To introduce students to different legal careers and a variety of pathways to the legal profession.
30 minutes
Number of participants
This activity works well with 45 students or fewer. You’ll want to have about one legal professional
for every 4-6 students.
Procedures
Before the Activity
 Create a brief survey for your volunteer legal professionals (a sample is provided). Send
them the survey before the event and ask them to get it back to you within a week.
 Use the survey to create a Legal Professional Bingo Card (sample available on the following
pages). Be sure to use a variety of facts that will prompt students to ask questions like:
“What do you do?” or “What did you study in college?”
 Choose a prize format: either every student who completes the card can receive a prize, or
the students who complete it and note the most additional information about the
professionals can receive a prize, etc. Avoid offering a prize for speed, since that would
discourage in-depth conversations between students and professionals.
 Encourage professionals to spend some time talking with the students and expanding on the
fact listed on the card, rather than simply signing the box.
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Career Bingo
The Activity
1. Begin by telling the students about the importance of networking and meeting people who
have achieved the same career goals they hope to.
2. Tell students that the legal professionals in the room have taken a variety of paths to their
current job, that they have years of experience, have come from many places, and have a lot
of information to share with the students.
3. Tell the students that, as a way to get to know each other, they'll meet people while playing a
game.
4. Distribute Bingo Cards and have students mingle with professionals, finding the right people
to sign the right boxes.
Note: Another format for this activity would require the students to find answers to questions. For
example, rather than finding someone who attended a certain college, they might have to find three
people's opinions on the best major to prepare for law school.
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Legal Careers Survey
Thank you for agreeing to participate in our Street Law activity! Your participation will help
the students learn about the variety of legal careers available, and the different ways people get
to the legal profession.
To help students interact with the professionals, we’re going to play a bingo game. They will
have to circulate, asking questions to find the right people to fill in their bingo card.
Please answer these questions so we may put clues about you on the card.
Please return this to ___________________________ by _________________________.
1. Where did you grow up?
2. Where did you go to high school?
3. Where did you go to college?
4. What did you study in college?
5. How long did you wait before going on to law school (if applicable)?
6. What position do you hold now?
7. What are a few things you do in your job?
8. What other positions have you held?
Please list a couple of interesting facts about yourself, particularly if they relate to the
law or your career:
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Name:
SAMPLE
Instructions: Talk to the legal professionals in the room to find someone who fits each box
below. Get at least 10 boxes signed to claim a prize!
I have worked in
my current job
for more than
five years
I help a company
defend and
protect its
intellectual
property
I went to the
same high school
as you
I travel to other
countries as part
of my job
I didn’t know that
I wanted to go
into the legal
profession when I
was in high
school
I work on
employment law
issues
My job is
defending people
who can’t afford
a lawyer
I grew up in a
different country
I graduated from
law school within
the past three
years
Conducting
research is a
significant part of
my job
I majored in Art
History in college
I work at X law
firm
I am in court
almost every
week
I went to law
school in a night
program while
working during
the day
I had another
career before I
entered the legal
profession
I rarely go to
court
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Name:
Instructions: Talk to the legal professionals in the room to find someone who fits each box
below. Get at least 10 boxes signed to claim a prize!
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