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Contacts

Website: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/
Phone: (202) 662-9000
E-mail: admis@law.georgetown.edu

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• Candidate J.D. applicants may apply to the full-time program, part-time program or both programs
• Early decision option is binding
• Incomplete early decision applications will be transferred to the regular applicant pool, but offer of admission will become non-binding
• Some factors for suitable applicant admission include: the likelihood of applicant to succeed at Georgetown, the benefit of the applicant’s education at Georgetown and the contribution of the applicant to the Georgetown legal community
• Other criteria assessed by the Admissions Committee other than academic achievement and the LSAT score: choice of major, nature and difficulty of course selection, extracurricular activities, graduate work, community contribution and professional experience

For more information please visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/prospective.html

Criteria

Required Classes

• Require a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university

GPA

• No cutoffs
• Median score was 3.67 for 2007

LSAT

• No cutoffs
• Median LSAT score was 170 for 2007
• LSAT scores are averaged for applicants that have taken the LSAT multiple times
• If the LSAT has only been written twice, the higher score may be considered only
• Any factors that may have affected an LSAT score should be addressed to the Admissions Committee for consideration
• Early decision applicants may still write the October LSAT
• Applicants applying for the full-time program are strongly encouraged to write the LSAT earlier, but LSAT scores from February will be accepted
• LSAT scores from no earlier than June 2003 will be accepted

For more information please visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions/jd_general.html#requirements

Supporting Documents

• Personal statement
  • Subject matter and content is left to the applicant’s discretion
  • Double-spaced; no minimum or maximum length limit
• Resume: list/describe schools attended, work experience, extracurricular and/or community activities and academic honours
• Letter of recommendation
  • Only 1 is required, but others will be accepted
  • For current students academic recommendations from professors are preferred, but non-academic recommendations such as those from employers are also accepted
• Transcripts: must be sent directly to LSDAS
• Application fee of $80 US

For more information please visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions/jd_general.html#requirements

Admission

• Rolling admission policy
• Decisions are generally made 8-10 weeks after application file completion
• Early decision letters are mailed by December 15
• For the regular full-time application deadline of February 1, a decision should be received no later than April 15
• Deferred applicants from the early decision process usually receive a decision no later than March 1
• Applicants that are denied through early decision may not apply through the regular admissions process
• Applicants may reapply in subsequent years, but it is unlikely the decision will change

For more information please visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions/jd_general.html

Deadlines

• September 25: acceptance of applications begins
• November 1: first early decision deadline; application form and fee due
• November 30: second early decision deadline; complete application file with all required supporting documentation due
• February 1: final deadline for full-time program
• March 1: final deadline for part-time program
• March 15: Early Action Transfer deadline for the fall
• June 15: Transfer/visiting students deadline for the fall

For more information please visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions/jd_general.html#tfa

Tuition

• For 2006-2007: $39,390 US tuition for the full-time program, $1,545 US/credit hour for the part-time program
• Many types of financial aid are offered including the Law Centre Grant Aid, Federal Stafford Loans, Commercial Loans and Work Study

For more information please visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/finaid/

Statistics

• For the entering class of 2007: median LSAT score of 170 and median GPA of 3.67
• Applications received in 2007: 10,890
• Size of entering class in 2007: 459 full-time students, 130 part-time students
• Entering class of 2006 represented 205 colleges and universities, 46 states and 13 foreign countries

For more information please visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions/faq.html#atls

Other trivia/notes

• 14 clinical programs are offered
• Many joint degree programs are offered between law and business, or international affairs, public health, public policy, government or philosophy; each requires its own separate application
• Prospective employers do not distinguish between full-time and part-time students
• Wide variety of courses are offered in more than 25 traditional legal fields
• Tutorial program consisting of a first year student paired with an upper-class tutor is available to provide academic support to first year students

For more information please visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions/faq.html#atls