You are required to submit a personal statement. Capital Law does not require adherence to a particular prompt; an applicant may choose to explore whichever subject they so choose. You may explore why you wish to attend law school, a memorable experience, a personal story - we encourage you to be personal and introduce yourself to the Admission Committee. We value learning about your perspective, worldview, and what unique perspectives you would bring to our student body. We encourage you to explore your individuality. The personal statement gives you the opportunity to introduce yourself beyond quantitative factors such as the LSAT score, academic grade point average, and information reflected on your resume. Your statement should be no longer than two pages in length, double-spaced. As strong written communication is valuable in the legal field, we encourage you to spend adequate time proofreading, editing, and finessing this portion of your application.

This section is optional.

Applicants may include optional written statements and essays. These written statements might be presented as a statement regarding the unique perspective you would bring as a student, a Why Capital Statement, an explanation of grades or LSAT scores, or another optional statement of the applicant's choosing. We welcome you to include an optional statement, should you determine it will benefit your application. We encourage optional statements to be no longer than one page in length, double-spaced.

Capital University Law School requires all applicants to submit a resume with their application. Your resume must include the following information:

• A chronological list of all undergraduate and professional institutions you have attended. Please include the name of the institution, the location of the institution, dates of attendance, major and degree, semester/quarter hours, and approximate GPA.
• A chronological list of your last five years of employment. Include your title, name and location of employer, and dates of employment. You may also include a brief statement summarizing each position. You should feel comfortable sharing, and are encouraged to share, full-time, part-time, volunteer, and unpaid employment.
• A list of all academic honors and awards received post high school.
• A list of extracurricular and community activities and leadership positions held, if any.

Answer each of the following questions YES or NO. If you answer YES, you must submit a supplemental electronic attachment which fully describes the date(s) and details of the disclosed act or event (see Attachments section). If a new event(s) or change in circumstance(s) should arise after you submit this application, you are REQUIRED to submit a signed and dated explanation detailing the new event/circumstance.

It is of critical importance that all questions below be answered truthfully. Because of the high ethical standards to which lawyers are held, the failure to disclose an act or event such as the ones described in the questions below is often more significant, and leads to more serious consequences, than the act or event itself. Failure to provide truthful answers, or failure to inform the Admission Office of any changes to your answers, may result in revocation of admission or disciplinary action by the Law School, or denial of permission to practice law by the state in which you seek admission. If you are in doubt, disclose.

****1. Academic Misconduct. Have you ever been investigated, suspended, expelled, or disciplined, formally or informally, by any school, college, or university above the high school level? This includes academic probation.

2. Military Service. Have you ever been separated from any branch of the US armed forces under less than honorable conditions?

3. Criminal, Juvenile, or Traffic Offenses. Have you ever been arrested, served a summons, cited, indicted, taken into custody, charged, tried, or investigated for a felony, misdemeanor, infraction (including traffic tickets), or probation violation? (Include all incidents as a juvenile or adult, no matter how minor the charge, guilty or not, exonerated or not, whether or not sentencing was withheld, excluding only non-moving traffic violations that resulted in a penalty less than $25.00. You must include criminal and/or juvenile matters that have been expunged.)

4. Civil Suits. Have you ever, in any capacity, been a party to, named, or described in any civil proceeding, action, or suit, including divorce, any court case, bankruptcy, or administrative proceeding?

5. Licensure. Have you ever been the subject of any complaint, grievance, or proceedings that either sought or resulted in your admonition, reprimand, censure, suspension, discipline, citation, contempt, or fine as a member of any profession or occupation, or as the holder of any license?

6. Termination of Employment. Have you ever, for any reason, been terminated from employment or requested to resign by an employer?

7. Misrepresentation, Fraud, Etc. Have you ever been charged, formally or informally, with misrepresentation, fraud, misapplication, perjury/false swearing, or misappropriation of property, either individually or in a representative capacity (i.e., as an officer of a business entity, partner or other fiduciary relationship)?

8. Denied Licensure. Have you ever been denied any license or certificate requiring proof of good moral character?

9. Default of Financial Duty. Are you, either individually or in association with others, in default in any way in the performance or discharge of any duty or obligation imposed on you by decree of any court, including, but not limited to alimony, maintenance or child support?

10. Default on Indebtedness. Have you at any time in the past ten (10) years, either individually or in association with others, been in default on or past due for more that sixty (60) days on any indebtedness, including those barred by a Statute of Limitations?

11. Previous Dismissals. Have you ever been dismissed from or denied readmission to any law school or professional organization?

12. Overthrow of Government. Have you ever supported or advocated the overthrow of the U.S. government by force?

13. Sealed Record. Have you ever had a record sealed which contained facts relating to you?

14. Undisclosed Facts. Are there any facts not disclosed by your answers concerning your background, history, experience or activities which may cause one to question your character, fitness or ability to practice law?