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Contacts
Website: http://www.law.northwestern.edu
Phone: (312) 503-8465
Admissions e-mail: admissions@law.northwestern.edu
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Program Information
*Juris Doctor (JD)
- three year program
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- Joint programs:
- JD-MBA : offered by Northwestern’s Law School and Kellogg School of Management (3 years).
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- JD-PhD : offered by Northwestern’s Law School and Graduate School. (6 years)
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- JD-LLM in International Human Rights
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Admission statistics
- Number of applicants (2016): 4625
- Class size in 2016: 216
- 10% international students
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- No specific requirements listed
GPA
- Median (2016): 3.81
- Middle 50% GPA (2016): 3.43-3.89
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LSAT
- Median (2016): 168
- Middle 50% (2016): 163-170
- The LSAT should be taken no later than December; however, February LSAT can be used depending on how many seats are left for the incoming class
- If taken more than once, highest LSAT score is taken into consideration.
- LSAT scores are valid for maximum of 5 years
Supporting Documents
- Application form
- a personal statement
- The Law School Data Assembly Service Law School Report (LSDAS) - the LSDAS report is mailed directly to the university.
- A Resume
- $75 application fee
Optional:
- Interview – optional but strongly encouraged
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Interview
- Interviews are optional
- 30-minute interviews are conducted by a member of the Faculty, a current student, or an alumni.
- May be interviewed either on- or off-campus
- Interviews are scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis
- Interviews should be requested online one month prior to the desired date.
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Timeline 2016-2017
- Sep 1:
- Application for admission filing period begins.
- On-campus interviewing requests opens.
- Off-campus interview requests open.
- Online video interview requests open.
- Application for fee waiver requests open
- Oct15: Deadline to request on-campus interviews for Early Decision candidates
- Nov15: Deadline for mandatory on-campus interviews for Early Decision candidates
- December1:
- Deadline for receipt of completed Early Decision application
- Deadline to request off-campus interviews.
- January15:Deadline for receipt of completed LLM and LLM in Human Rights application.
- February 1: Deadline for receipt of completed Exectuive LLM Chicago program application
- February 15
- Deadline for receipt of completed JD, JD/LLM Tax, and JD/LLM IHR applications.
- Deadline to complete on-campus and online video interviews
- Deadline for LLM, LLM/IHR and ELLMC applications
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Tuition 2017-2018
- JD and Two-Year JD (for international students) degree programs: $61,784
- JD-MBA Degree Program: $88,120
- First-year JD-LLM Tax Degree Program: $61,784
- First-year JD-LLM in International Human Rights Degree Program: $61,784
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