Apply to University of Richmond School of Law

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Requirements

Application Form

Submit a completed online application form through the Law School Admission Council. (Note: this form is available through the LSAC home page.)

The undergraduate GPA and LSAT score are two important factors considered by the admissions committee, although the committee is also interested in extracurricular activities, community service, employment experience, geographic diversity, and a host of other factors.

Application Fee

An application processing fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) must accompany each application. Check or money order should be made payable to University of Richmond. Do not send cash. Your name should appear on the check or money order. This fee is not refundable and may not be applied to any other University fee.

The University will waive the application fee when certification can be made that the payment of this fee will prevent a student from applying. This certification must be made by the Financial Aid Officer of the institution that the student is currently attending, setting forth the circumstances necessitating the waiver and recommending that the fee be waived.

Dean's Certification Form

The law school certifies the character, fitness, and other qualifications for admissions to the bar. To determine what those requirements are in the state(s) in which you may wish to practice, you should contact that state's Board of Bar Examiners.

The Dean's Certification and your statements in the application provide the lawschool with character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar prior to your matriculation. Material omissions in your application could significantly hinder subsequent admission to a state bar.

Provide a completed Dean's Certification form to the appropriate administrative officer. Ask the official to complete the form, as required, and return it to the law school. The form must be on file as soon after March 30 as possible. If you have attended more than one undergraduate institution, please photocopy the form and have it filled out by the appropriate official at each school.

Letters of Recommendation

While the law school does not require letters of recommendation, students may submit such letters as a part of their application, if they so choose. We recommend that you submit no more than 3 letters of recommendation. All letters should be sent to the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), where they will be copied and sent to law schools.

If your college maintains a central placement office where such letters of recommendation and other items are available, you may substitute that document for letters of recommendation. The envelope flap should be countersigned by an authorized person in that office.

Narrative Statement

A short narrative statement (approximately 1-3 double-spaced pages) is required as part of the application process. We encourage you to provide information about yourself not otherwise found in your application. For example, you may wish to highlight your background, personal or cultural factors, achievements, obstacles overcome, goals, or experiences that you believe would contribute to the diversity of the law school community.

If you have a disability that you would like to bring to the attention of the Admissions Committee or would like to include an addendum to address diversity factors or specific concerns to aid us in better understanding your file, please feel free to use a separate statement for that purpose. We welcome any additional information that will help in the decision-making process.

LSAT (Law School Admission Test)

We encourage you to take the LSAT no later than December of the year before you plan to enter law school, however, we will accept the February test score. You can sign up for the LSAT on the Law School Admissions Council's Web site.

Credential Assembly Service (CAS)

A Transcript Request must be sent to each school attended (regardless of when you attended the school, how long you were a student there, or how many courses you took). Request your transcripts be sent to the service in a timely fashion. Once all the required information has been gathered by CAS, you must request a report be sent to the law school (law school code 5808).

The law school is committed to enforcing its policy against discriminatory admission practices based upon race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Information about age, race and gender of applicants is needed by the school for statistical purposes only. An applicant's age or gender will have no effect on the admissions process. The school believes that an applicant's race or ethnic group is a factor that legitimately can be considered during the admissions process to promote the representation of minorities in the law school and the legal profession. Neither gender, nor age, nor race will be used in an unlawfully discriminatory manner.

You are assured both by school policy and by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act that the information will be confidential and accessible only to school officials, government agencies, and others with legitimate educational interest in this information.

To apply, submit the online application form via Law School Admissions Council (see LSAC home page). You will have the choice of submitting your narrative statement online or mailing it with the application fee.

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