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Applying to the University of Maryland School of Law
Application for Admission
The Application for Admission may be submitted electronically through the LSAC or by paper, mailed directly to the university. The $65 application fee can be charged to your credit card directly through the LSAC for applicants applying online. All other applicants must submit the application fee directly to the office. Make your check or money order payable to University of Maryland. The university does not waive or defer the application fee. The APPLICATION DEADLINE is March 15, 2009.
Applicants must take the LSAT no later than the February prior to the fall semester for which they seek admission. The February 2009 test is the last LSAT exam that you may take for fall 2009 admission; June 2009 test results may not be used in support of a fall 2009 application. You must have taken the LSAT within the last five years, since October 2003.
Printable Application for Admission
Printable Application for Transfer Admission
Application for In-State Status
Additionally, you may Apply Online
You may also obtain an application by requesting a copy either via e-mail , or by calling the admissions office at 410-706-3492.
Undergraduate Education
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university or be eligible to apply through the combined degree or age 23.
LSAT and LSDAS
All applicants must take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and register with Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). Registration information is available from Law Services, undergraduate schools or the law school. Send the registration form not to the law school but directly to:
Law Services
Box 2001
Newtown, PA 18940-0981
LSDAS analyzes transcripts and calculates the undergraduate grade point average for the law school. Use transcript request forms, included in the LSDAS registration packet, to request that the registrar's office of each undergraduate (and graduate) school attended send official transcripts directly to Law Services.(Graduate school transcripts are not evaluated by LSDAS, but are included as part of the LSDAS report received by the law school.)
Personal Statement
Applicants are required to submit a personal statement. We do not prescribe a particular format, length or subject for the personal statement. Applicants should use the personal statement, together with the LSDAS report, the application and letters of recommendation, as the means to present to the admissions committee information and perspective the candidate believes is relevant to the admissions decision. This is particularly important for applicants who may bring to the admissions process in the law school the characteristics of diversity described above. Your personal statement should be submitted with the application, or reach the law school within two weeks of our receipt of your application. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WRITING THE PERSONAL STATEMENT
Letters of Recommendation
Applicants are required to submit two letters of recommendation through the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). References should include instructors under whom you have studied or with whom you have worked closely during college or graduate study. If you have not had recent contact with such persons, you may submit evaluations from employers or others able to assess accurately your academic and other capabilities. Evaluations from personal friends and relatives ordinarily are not of assistance to the committee. Letters of recommendation should reach the law school within two weeks of our receipt of the application. Unfortunately, the volume of letters received precludes us from acknowledging their receipt.
International Students
Please note that the University of Maryland School of Law does not offer any LL.M programs.
Foreign Transcripts
Students who wish to apply for our Juris Doctor (J.D.) program and who completed their undergraduate education outside of the United States must provide us with additional information explaining their undergraduate program. If you completed your undergraduate education at an institution that is NOT eligible for subscription to LSDAS (please visit http://www.lsac.org for more information), you must have your foreign transcript evaluated by a member organization of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or directly through the LSAC. The evaluation must be a course-by-course evaluation.
TOEFL
Because facility with written and spoken English is necessary in order to successfully participate in our academic experience, applicants for whom English is a second language or not their primary language must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). TOEFL scores are only valid for two years, and we will not accept outdated scores. We will only accept TOEFL scores sent to us directly from Educational Testing Services (ETS). PHOTOCOPIES OF TOEFL REPORTS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. For more information on the TOEFL, please visit http://www.toefl.org. Our TOEFL code is 5814 03.
International Student Application Checklist
Applications and supporting materials must be received by March 15, 2007. International students must provide the following materials:
- University of Maryland School of Law Application
- $65.00 (US) application fee. Make checks payable to University of Maryland School of Law.
- Original Transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate schools you attended. Please have your schools send your official transcripts directly to the Admissions Office.
- Course-by-course evaluation of all foreign transcripts. Please see above for more information.
- Personal Statement
- Two letters of recommendation sent through Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). International students who claim English as their second language should choose recommenders who are able to comment on, among other things, your facility with written and spoken English.
- TOEFL Score if applicable.
