International Students

Foreign-Degree Applicants

Applicants who have completed the equivalent of a baccalaureate degree at an institution outside of the United States are eligible to be considered for admission to the J.D. program. Foreign-degree applicants must complete all requirements for domestic applicants with the exception of registering for the Law School Data Assembly Service. Instead, foreign-degree applicants are required to submit to the Law School Admissions Office an analysis of their academic credentials from a foreign transcript evaluation service. Two such services are:

International Education
Research Foundation, Inc.

Inez H. Sepmeyer, President
P.O. Box 66940
Los Angeles, California 90066
Phone (310) 390-6276
Fax (310) 397-7686

World Education
Services, Inc.

Mariam Assefa, Executive Director
P.O. Box 745
Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10011
Phone (212) 966-6311
Fax (212) 966-6395

Foreign-degree candidates whose primary language is not English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The TOEFL should be taken by March 1 of the year in which you plan to enroll. The deadline to submit the application is the same as that for new domestic applicants (i.e., April 1 for the Day Division and May 1 for the Evening Division), but it is suggested that foreign degree candidates apply as early as possible to allow sufficient time for credentials evaluation.

The Admissions Committee will generally consider a total TOEFL score of 600 to be minimally acceptable.