Applying to Law School After the June LSAT

Have you decided that you want to attend law school this fall but you are just now taking the June LSAT? Although your options will be limited, not all hope is lost. Below are a few tips on what you will need to do to get the ball rolling in time for orientation.

Immediately:
These three items typically take the longest to complete on your application, therefore, you should start as early as possible to complete them.

1. Request all transcripts from you undergraduate school(s) to be sent to LSAC to be processed for your Credential Assembly Service Report
2. Choose Recommenders and ask them to submit their letters of recommendation to LSAC to be processed for your Credential Assembly Service Report

After the LSAT:

1. Complete your personal statement
2. Complete your resume
3. Gather up any documents needed for addendums (legal records, financial records, ect...) and have them on hand if the Admissions Committee requests a clarification or more information on your record.
4. Submit your application*

*A little known tip on getting a jump on the admissions process is that in many cases you can submit your application before your LSAT scores are received from LSAC, however, your application will likely not go to the Admissions Committee until after your scores are received and your application is complete. The advantage to submitting early is that the school has all the required documents except for the LSAT and after they receive your score and complete your file they can immediately send it onto the Admissions Committee.

As an aside, do not move across the country for a law school until you receive an admission offer from the school. As common sense as that sounds, it happens all the time with students who are applying at the end of the year in hopes that they will be admitted and will already have an apartment set up.

Below is a list of schools that may have application deadlines after the June LSAT. You should contact the school directly to get more information about applying.

• Appalachian School of Law
• Arizona Summit Law School
• Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
• Ave Maria School of Law
• Brooklyn Law School
• Charlotte School of Law
• Drexel University
• Elon University
• Faulkner University (Jones)
• Florida A&M University
• Florida Coastal School of Law
• Hamline University
• Indiana University--Indianapolis (McKinney)
• Liberty University
• Loyola University New Orleans
• Mississippi College
• New York Law School
• Northern Kentucky University (Chase)
• Ohio Northern University (Pettit)
• Oklahoma City University
• Pace University
• Regent University
• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Camden
• Savannah Law School
• Seattle University
• Texas Southern University (Marshall)
• Thomas M. Cooley Law School
• Touro College (Fuchsberg)
• Tulane University
• University of Alabama
• University of Baltimore
• University of Connecticut
• University of Houston
• University of La Verne
• University of Miami
• University of North Dakota
• University of San Diego
• University of St. Thomas
• University of Toledo
• University of Tulsa
• Valparaiso University
• Wake Forest University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Western State College of Law at Argosy University
• Whittier College
• William Mitchell College of Law