A personal statement is required of each applicant. This should include additional information that is not reflected in other parts of your application, including the résumé or academic records. The purpose of the statement is to provide insight into personal traits and experiences that have affected your life and to allow the Admissions Committee to learn more about you. Motivations for attending law school, unique perspectives and ideas, and significant life experiences are all excellent topics for consideration. Please limit statements to two (2) typed (11-point font minimum), double-spaced pages with conventional margins (1-inch).

The students at BYU Law come from many different backgrounds and a variety of life experiences. Please describe an aspect of your background and experience (e.g., culture, religion, academic background, employment, age, *race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, physical or mental disability, etc.) and how such background/experience has affected your life and will allow you to contribute uniquely to BYU Law and/or your classmates. Please limit essay to one (1) typed (11-point font minimum), double-spaced page with conventional margins (1-inch). *Applicants may, if they choose, discuss how race has affected their lives (e.g., through discrimination, inspiration, etc.); however, admissions decisions will not be made based on an applicant's race, but rather on an applicant's experiences as an individual.

BYU Law seeks to "develop people of integrity who combine faith and intellect in lifelong service to God and neighbor" by providing "a legal education grounded in legal theory, enhanced by experiential learning, and enlightened by the laws of God." (See BYU Law School Mission Statement and Educational Objectives.) Please explain why you wish to attend BYU Law.

Please attach additional information to be considered, only if necessary.

Please attach your résumé to your application. The résumé should be no more than one (1) page with conventional formatting and font size. The résumé may include awards, honors, publications (with citation information), service opportunities, athletic involvement, significant work experience, clubs, extracurricular activities, leadership positions, or any other relevant information.

1. Academic Probation: Have you ever been on academic probation for any reason at any post-secondary school, college, university, or professional school?

2. Academic Sanctions/Suspension/Dismissal: Have you ever been sanctioned by, suspended by, dismissed by, or required or advised to withdraw from any post-secondary school, college, university, or professional school for academic reasons?

3. Honor Code: Have you ever been reported to, sanctioned by, suspended by, dismissed by, placed on probation by, or required or advised to withdraw from any post-secondary school, college, university, or professional school for a violation, or reported violation, of an honor code/ethical code/or student conduct code?

4. Nonacademic Sanctions: Have you ever been censured for misconduct by, placed on disciplinary probation by, dismissed for nonacademic reasons by, or required or advised to withdraw for nonacademic reasons by any post-secondary school, college, university, professional school, or place of employment? Are disciplinary charges now pending or expected to be brought against you at any post-secondary school, college, university, professional school, or place of employment?

5. Criminal Sanctions: Are there any criminal charges now pending or expected to be brought against you? Have you ever been arrested, cited, or convicted of any felony, misdemeanor, or other violation, excluding minor traffic offenses, or had a warrant issued for failure to appear, even for minor traffic offenses? Include charges to which you may have pleaded guilty or no contest or for which you have been placed on probation or granted deferred adjudication, even if the incident occurred when you were a juvenile and/or the record is/has been sealed. Although a conviction may have been expunged from your record by an order of the court, it nevertheless should be disclosed in answer to this question.

6. Has there ever been an attempt, whether successful or not, to revoke your driver's license based on an offense involving drugs and/or alcohol?

7. Are you currently or have you ever been involved in any civil litigation, including domestic disputes?