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Getting it Together: The Law School Application Process CMU Pre-Law: Co-Curricular Support to Assist All CMU Students Pursuing Law School Admission
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Learning about LSAC Visit the Law School Admissions Council at www.LSAC.org during the spring of your junior year of college. www.LSAC.org – Register for the LSAT [June is the preferred test date, but October can work.] – At the same time that you register for the LSAT, also register for the Credential Assembly Service.
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Keys to Success in Law School Admission Preparation for the Law School Admission Test – Take it during the summer before your senior year of college. – Timing is important - law schools use rolling admissions and begin admitting students by the end of October. – Preparation for the LSAT is important! Take practice tests. Work on question types with which you have trouble.
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Select a set of law schools During the junior year of college select a group of 5-7 law schools with which you would be comfortable if admitted. – Quality – Cost – Geography
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Credential Assembly Service September of your senior year you should arrange to: – Submit all college transcripts to CAS – include original for dual enrollment classes. – Arrange to have at least three references submit letters to CAS – do this early or it will delay you. – Confirm that your CAS file is complete by the end of October of your senior year. – Select the Law Schools which are to receive your file, and then confirm receipt with each law school.
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Apply Early Complete your application at each law school on your list by Halloween of your senior year of college – and not later than Thanksgiving. – Be ready for some rejection. About 150,000 applications are made each year, for fewer than 50,000 openings. – However, CMU has an excellent track record of law school placement, so if you have a GPA of 3.25 or above and score 151 [50 th percentile] on the LSAT, there is every reason to believe that you can be admitted to law school somewhere.
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