Welcome! Thank you for your interest in the University of Massachusetts School of Law. Please read the following instructions before completing your application.
Application Requirements:
A typed personal statement (2?3 page limit) indicating your reasons for studying law and any information which may assist the Admissions Committee in reviewing your application.
A professional résumé that includes significant work experience (dates, employer and location, position title) since high school graduation, awards, honors, extracurricular activities, and volunteer service.
Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), GRE General Test or JD-Next Test - An LSAT, GRE or JD-Next score is required for all JD applicants. A valid reportable score must be received directly from LSAC, ETS or Aspen Publishing. Scores more than 5 years old are not acceptable for admission consideration. Applicants must submit all GRE test scores directly to UMass Law. UMass Law?s ETS code is 3392. JD-Next scores will be received directly from Aspen Publishing.
Two (2) letters of recommendation or evaluations, one of which should be from an individual who has academically supervised you, if possible. If you have not been in an academic setting recently, you may submit a letter from an employer or community member. The letters must be submitted through LSAC.
Transcripts - You must submit to LSAC transcripts from any and all post-secondary institutions attended (even if no degree was earned). If you are admitted, we require official transcripts?including official notice of final grades and an earned baccalaureate degree?prior to your enrollment. You must also submit your final transrcipt to LSAC before matriculation. Submission of transcripts through the Law School Admission Council as part of your Candidate Assembly Service (CAS) Law School Report satisfies the official transcript requirement.
Addenda - If there is any information in your application you would like to clarify (e.g. grades, standardized test(s) performance, gaps in employment), you may submit the information in the Attachments section under "Addendum." You may submit more than one addendum, as needed.
Additional Statement (Optional) - At UMass Law, the only public law school in Massachusetts, our core mission is to promote the importance of diversity in people and ideas and to educate our students to become professionals who will serve others in the pursuit of justice. We invite you to share with us how your personal identity, background and lived experiences have formed you and how you will contribute to our community and further our shared mission to pursue justice.
Again, thank you for your interest in UMass Law. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Admissions Office at (508) 985-1110 or law@admissions.umassd.edu.
It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts School of Law not to discriminate against any applicant for admission or employment, or against any employee, or in any educational programs, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, veteran?s status, disability, sex, or sexual orientation.
