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The Admission Process

Law school applications consist of six pieces. Each candidate is responsible for making sure that all six pieces get to each law school to which she/he is applying.

  • The applicant sends the application itself, the personal statement, and the resume directly to the law school.
  • When the law school gets the application, the law school contacts LSDAS and requests the student's LSDAS file. The student's LSDAS file contains:
    • The student's LSAT score
    • The student's transcripts, which the student has had sent to LSDAS
    • The student's letters of recommendation, which the student has requested that the recommenders send directly to LSDAS
  • When LSDAS has all three of those things - LSAT score, transcripts, and recommendations - it will respond to the schools' requests by sending files to each requesting school.