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Instructions for Applying for Admission

The Deadline for Applications is March 1, 2009. APPLICATIONS POSTMARKED OR RELEASED AFTER MARCH 1, 2009 WILL BE RETURNED.

The Application for Admission consists of the Application Form and required attachments, the Residency Affidavit and College Certification. All forms must be completed fully according to their accompanying directions. The attachments and documents may be typed or legibly printed in ink. All documents may be signed wherever indicated, or electronically certified. The College Certification MUST be signed by the appropriate person and sealed in an envelope.

1. Complete the Application for Admission fully. All applicants should submit each required document with the application or, if applying electronically, as an electronic attachment. If you are applying electronically, do not follow up with a hard copy of your application. All essays and documents submitted for consideration must be properly numbered, typed or neatly printed in ink, and have the applicant's name and LSAC account number at the top of each page. The Social Security number, wherever requested, is optional and is used for identification purposes only. If you choose not to disclose your Social Security number, please use your LSAC account number.

   1. Applications must include a direct response to question 14. Applicants choosing to submit an optional essay (question 15) also should submit an appropriate essay in response to that question. Responses may be electronically attached.
   2. Applicants are required to submit a complete résumé including military service and summer employment. All résumés must be current up to the date of the application. If applying electronically, use electronic attachments for résumés and statements.
   3. Applicants must provide a listing of every college and university, graduate and professional school attended (including any enrollment, however brief, at any law school), whether or not credit was received, including the dates of attendance, major, degree and date degree was awarded.

2. The application fee is nonrefundable. If applying electronically, you may pay online via credit card. If you are applying with a hard copy application, please submit a check payable to "University of Connecticut School of Law" for $30 to apply to a single division (either day or evening) or for $45 to apply to both divisions. If you receive a fee waiver from LSAC your application fee will be waived. Please submit a copy of your LSAC fee waiver documentation directly to the Law School. If you receive a fee waiver from UConn Law, and you are applying electronically, please send a copy of the Certification Letter. If you are applying with a hard copy application, and you received a fee waiver from the Law School, no form or payment is required.

3. Register with the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). An LSAT taken prior to June, 2004 or after February, 2009 will be invalid for 2009 admission.

4. The University of Connecticut School of Law prefers that your foreign transcripts be submitted through the LSAC JD Credential Assembly Service (JD CAS). If you completed postsecondary work outside the US (including its territories) or Canada, you may use this service for the evaluation of your foreign transcripts. The one exception to this requirement is if you completed the foreign work through a study-abroad, consortium, or exchange program sponsored by a US or Canadian institution, and the work is clearly indicated as such on the home campus transcript. If this is the case, there is no need to use the JD CAS service.

   The JD CAS service is included in the LSDAS registration fee. A Foreign Credential Evaluation will be completed by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), which will be incorporated into your LSDAS report. If we determine that you need to submit a TOEFL score, you must contact the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and request that your TOEFL score be sent to LSAC. LSAC's TOEFL code for the JD Credential Assembly Service is 0058. Your score will be included in the Foreign Credential Evaluation document that will be included in your LSDAS law school report.

   To use the JD CAS, log in to your online account and follow the instructions for registering for the service. Be sure to print out a Transcript Request Form for each institution and send it promptly to them. More time is usually required to receive foreign transcripts. Questions about the JD Credential Assembly Service can be directed to LSAC at 215.968.1001, or LSACINFO@LSAC.org.

5. The University of Connecticut School of Law strongly prefers that your letters of recommendation be submitted through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service that serves all member schools. This service is included in your LSDAS registration. Your letters will be copied and sent to us along with your LSDAS report. To use this service, follow the directions for submitting letters outlined at www.LSAC.org or in the LSAT & LSDAS Information Book. Be sure to fill out and give each letter writer a letter of recommendation form from www.LSAC.org. We prefer not to receive a copy of your LSDAS report from LSAC until at least two letters of recommendation are in your file at LSAC. If you choose to send a letter directly to the School of Law, we ask that you also have two letters on file with LSAC. Do not forward duplicate hard copies of letters of recommendation to the Law School. However, if you elect to send a supplemental letter of recommendation to the law school, be advised that the letter of recommendation forms found online or in the LSAT & LSDAS Registration Packet must be completed by you and one should be sent in for each supplemental letter. While the Admissions Office accepts up to four letters of recommendation, your file will be considered complete once the first two letters have been received.

   The committee prefers letters from people who know you well. Recent graduates should submit two academic letters of recommendation. The committee may also request additional letters of recommendation if it feels that they might provide greater detail and insight.

   If you do not wish to use the JD CAS service you must use another Foreign Credential Evaluation service such as the World Education Service (WES). Questions about WES can be directed to http://www.wes.org/.

6. Complete the Residency Affidavit and return it with your application. All applicants, regardless of state of permanent residency, are required to submit the Residency Affidavit.

7. Your file will remain incomplete until the complete College Certification form is received. Complete and sign the applicant portion of the College Certification form and submit it to the dean's office at your undergraduate degree-granting school. If your school has its own certification form, the law school will accept that. Applicants from such schools must still complete the applicant section of our form and return it with their application. Note: An official or certified transcript does not replace the college certification.

8. All applications and required forms must be signed in ink or certified electronically by the applicant. Applicants should submit all application materials at the same time. Applicants have an ongoing obligation to notify the Admissions Office of any changes in information and address not noted in the application.

9. Applications are accepted for admission after September 1, 2008, and must be postmarked or released no later than March 1, 2009. All deposit deadlines must be met by admitted applicants in order to preserve their offers of admission. The School of Law reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission if the applicant fails to maintain satisfactory scholastic standing for work in progress, if final records fail to show completion of courses and/or degrees required for admission, or if the admission decision was based on incomplete or inaccurate information furnished by the applicant.

10. All applicants wishing to be considered for need based assistance including Opportunity Grants and Tuition Remission, must submit their Application and related materials for Financial Assistance by March 1, 2009. Applications for Financial Assistance are processed by the Student Finance office. All admissions decisions are rendered without regard to need. Details about financial aid requirements.