Apply (JD)

Apply to the UConn School of Law through the LSAC account you established when you registered to take the LSAT. You must fill out the application form via the LSAC website and submit at least two letters of recommendation and a personal statement through the Credential Assembly Service. Find more information about this process on the LSAC website. You can also track the progress of your application through your LSAC account.

Admissions decisions are made by our faculty admissions committee. All files are holistically reviewed and each part of each file is taken into consideration. In keeping with the emphasis on the individual, the faculty admissions committee makes all decisions after a careful reading of each application.

In selecting the entering class, the admissions committee balances a number of factors, including: the LSAT score; the type, breadth, and depth of college or graduate courses taken and the grades received; academic honors and awards; writing ability; letters of recommendation from persons who know the applicant well (academic letters of recommendation are the most helpful for fairly recent graduates); work record, including military service, Peace Corps, and VISTA; college and community activities; and character and motivation. Although performance on the LSAT and in college or graduate school is important, selection is made after a careful review of the entire admissions file. The Law School has never used an admissions index in the admissions process, preferring to make all decisions after individual and careful review.

You may submit an optional essay or addendum which addresses additional information not included in your personal statement. This statement should provide further explanation or details which may not be readily apparent in other parts of your application.

Admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis. Every effort is made to send electronic notification of your decision within 24 hours of the committee’s final decision being rendered.

Decisions may only be appealed if some essential factor, one that would potentially have been crucial in making an admissions decision, was not in front of the committee at the time of the decision. This might include a missing but otherwise currently available transcript or the mention of an important honor or award received prior to the decision.

As a public institution, the school gives special consideration, though not an absolute preference, to residents of Connecticut. Residents of New England states without publicly-supported law schools also receive some preference in admissions and tuition under the terms of the New England Higher Education Compact. Residents of other states are encouraged to apply and may become Connecticut residents for educational purposes after one year. Tuition would fall to the in-state rate, even for full-time students.

International applicants typically must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL. You may be excused from this requirement only if you have the equivalent of a bachelor's degree or higher from a university where the sole language of overall instruction is English. The UConn School of Law requires minimum TOEFL scores of 100/250/600 (Internet/Computer/Written). All applicants, whether international or domestic, must take the LSAT.

Every jurisdiction in the United States requires lawyers to pass an examination and meet certain standards for character, fitness and other qualifications for admission to the bar. iApplicants are encouraged to determine the requirements for any jurisdiction in which they intend to seek admission by contacting the jurisdiction. Addresses for all relevant agencies are available through the National Conference of Bar Examiners.