Please submit with the application a typed personal statement setting forth those life experiences which have contributed to your personal development and which have prepared you to undertake successfully a rigorous program of law study.

Please provide the following information on a separate attached document. You may still submit your résumé to facilitate this information.

1. List academic and non-academic honors and awards received, including fellowships, prizes, and membership in honor societies.

2. List extracurricular, volunteer, and community service activities.

3. List your positions of employment (either full- or part-time) and the dates of employment.

4. Explain any time after high school not accounted for by the preceding educational or employment history.

1. Excluding parking violations, have you ever been cited (including the paying of fines, even as a juvenile), detained, arrested, formally accused, or prosecuted for the violation of any law? Note: You must disclose each instance even though the charges may have been dismissed or you were acquitted or allowed to plead nolo contendere or an adjudication was withheld, or you were pardoned or a conviction was reversed, set a side or vacated, or the record sealed or expunged and regardless of whether or not you have been told by anyone, including a judge or a lawyer, you do not need to disclose such an instance. You must provide documentation of each instance. Please note, the Office of Admissions cannot complete an applicant's file if they have any open or pending criminal charges.

2. Have you ever been delinquent or in default of any financial obligations, including student loans?

3. Have you ever been subject to dismissal, suspension, probation, warning, or other academic or disciplinary sanction by any college, university, or professional school?

4. Have you ever been dishonorably discharged from military service?

5. Have you ever held a professional license which has been subject to disciplinary action, probation, suspension, or revocation?

1. Complete, sign, and date this application form.

2. Submit a 2-3 page personal statement (as an electronic attachment) with this application form or as an email attachment to admissions@johnmarshall.edu.

3. Submit a 1 page resume (as an electronic attachment) with this application form or as an attachment to admissions@johnmarshall.edu.

4. Applicants must have a reportable Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score. Applicants for the Fall 2027 entering class must take the LSAT no later than the June 2027 test administration and are encouraged to register for an earlier administration.

5. Applicants must register with the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS) and have a Credential Assembly Service Law School Report sent to the Law School. Transcripts of all academic work, including undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, must be sent to LSAC. Please note, transcripts verifying all academic credits undertaken and degree(s) conferred must be received by the Law School by October 15th. A student who has failed to submit their official undergraduate transcripts by October 15 will be automatically withdrawn from classes.

6. Have two letters of recommendation that address the applicant's character, academic ability, and potential for the study of law sent to LSAC or directly to the Law School. In addition to a bar examination, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar in every U.S. jurisdiction. Applicants 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.

Please note the last portion of the application labeled Special Interest is for data collection purposes only.

Office of Admissions Atlanta's John Marshall Law School 245 Peachtree Center Ave. NE, Suite 1900 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone : 678.916.2620 Fax : 404.581.5565 admissions@johnmarshall.edu