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Contacts

Website: http://www.law.nyu.edu/
Phone: (212) 998-6060
E-mail: law.jdadmissions@nyu.edu

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• Admitted students matriculate in the fall semester on a full-time basis only
• Decisions are based on intellectual potential, academic achievement, character, community involvement and work experience
• Special awards and honours, work experience, extracurricular and community activity as well as competitiveness of school and major are taken into consideration for applications
• Factors other than undergraduate grades and LSAT scores may be significant for applicants who have experienced educational or socio-economic disadvantages
• Candidates’ applications require significant comparison with applicant pool as a whole before final decision can be reached
• Applications may be filed electronically through LSDAS or by paper

For more information please visit: http://www3.law.nyu.edu/depts/admissions/info/jd/standards.html

Criteria

Required Classes

• All applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university

2) GPA

• No index or cut-off
• Close attention is given to the following factors in an undergraduate transcript: trends in applicant’s grades, class rank, ratio of pass/fail to graded courses, diversity and depth of course work, length of time since graduation
• Undergraduate GPA of admitted students in fall 2006: 3.9/3.6 (75thpercentile / 25th %)

LSAT

• No index or cut-off
• All applicants for admission to the J.D. program are required to complete the LSAT
• Oldest LSAT score accepted is from October 2001 (6 years ago)
• LSDAS Report will be requested, that includes: academic transcripts, LSAT score and a writing sample
• LSAT score of admitted students in fall 2006: 172/168 (75th % / 25th %)

For more information please visit: http://www.lsac.org/

Supporting Documents

• $85 fee for electronic application, $100 for paper application
• Résumés or additional sheets (optional)
• 1 letter of recommendation
  • The LSAC Letter of Recommendation (LOR) Service is preferred
  • Recommendations may be sent to the applicant (to be included in the application) or directly to NYU’s School of Law
  • Some scholarship applications require at least one additional recommendation
• Personal statement
  • For including additional information: reasons for application, clarifying responses on the application form, or noting any special circumstances
  • Content and length is decided by applicant
  • Some scholarship applications require autobiographical essays or other additional essays in addition to the personal statement
• Transcripts: Foreign transcripts must be submitted through the LSAC J.D. Credential Assembly Service
• Any additional information that may be important for admission decisions

For more information please visit:
http://www.law.nyu.edu/depts/admissions/info/jd/parts.html
http://www.law.nyu.edu/depts/admissions/info/jd/foreignadv.html

Interview

• The Committee on Admissions does not interview candidates
• The personal statement provides an opportunity for an applicant to supplement the information provided in the application

Admission

• Applicants who apply for early decision but do not meet the deadline will automatically have their applications considered for regular admission
• For early decision admission is binding, and applicants may not apply for another binding early decision program
• Once admitted for the binding early decision, enrolment is mandatory and withdrawal of applications at other law schools is immediately required
• Early decision applicants will be notified by the end of December of their application decision
• Regular applicants will be notified by late April of their application decision
• Final decisions for those placed on the wait list may not be made until late summer

For more information please visit: http://www3.law.nyu.edu/depts/admissions/info/jd/when.html

Deadlines

• For early decision (binding): application, early decision contract and all supporting materials must be received by November 15
  • LSDAS report must be complete by November 15
  • Applicants must take the LSAT no later than October
• For regular admission: file and complete application must be received by February 1
  • LSDAS report must be complete by February 1
  • Applicants must take the LSAT no later than December
• Applications should be completed by January 1 for those that wish to be considered for any of NYU School of Law’s scholarship and/or academic scholars programs

For more information pleas visit: http://www3.law.nyu.edu/depts/admissions/info/jd/when.html

Tuition

• Tuition for 2007-2008 school year: $40,890 US
• 2007-2008 federal student expense budget: $64,460 US (includes tuition, health/registration/computer fees, room and board, a basic health insurance plan and books and supplies)
• Budget governs total amount of aid that is available to student in any given year; students may not borrow in excess of the approved budget, unless special circumstances have been approved by the Office of Student Financial Services

For more information please visit: http://www3.law.nyu.edu/depts/financialaid/budget/entering.html

Statistics

• Almost 7,800 students from all 50 states in the US and several foreign countries applied for the fall 2006 entering class; more than *400 schools were represented in the applicant pool
• 448 full-time day students were admitted in fall 2006
• Undergraduate GPA of admitted students in fall 2006: 3.9/3.6 (75th%/25th%)
• Approximately 1 in 7 applicants are admitted
• Admitted student body for fall 2006: 33% enrolled directly after college, 56% out of college 1-4 years, 10% out of college 5 or more years, 7% hold advanced or professional degrees

For more information please visit: http://www3.law.nyu.edu/depts/admissions/info/jd/classprofile.html

Other Trivia/Notes

• Student body at NYU's School of Law is diverse in background: 25% are students of colour
• More than 170 colleges and universities are represented in the student body
• NYU's School of Law was the first law school established in New York City
• New York University publishes 8 student-edited law journals
• NYU's School of Law currently ranks 4th in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 US Top Law Schools list
• NYU's School of Law offers a number of joint degree programs with other schools, including York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School