The program offers an innovative and transparent path to obtaining a legal education.
ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University College of Law is excited to announce the creation of Law School Bound, a new initiative for qualified ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University undergraduate students providing transparent and direct access to a legal education. At its core, the Law School Bound program offers exclusive and enhanced pre-law advising to select students, placing them on a pathway to either a 3+3 or 4+3 direct admission program. ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University undergraduate students are eligible to apply for — and be admitted to — Law School Bound at the time of their undergraduate admission.
The 3+3 BA/JD direct admit program requires that students meet the admissions requirements for ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University, and, by the end of their third undergraduate year, meet admissions criteria for the College of Law. Eligible students formally apply to the 3+3 program in their junior year, take the LSAT or the GRE and achieve a score no lower than the current median of ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law’s most recent entering class. ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law’s 3+3 program enables students to complete their education more quickly, reducing costs and student loan debt while providing students with an extra year of earning power after they graduate.
The 4+3 BA/JD direct admit program enables ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ undergraduate students to receive direct admission into the College of Law based on certain academic credentials. The 4+3 program includes four years of study at the College of Arts & Sciences and three years at ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law. Students admitted to the program are guaranteed a $25,000 scholarship, renewable each year they are enrolled at ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law and remain in good standing. The scholarship provides a cumulative $75,000 financial benefit to eligible ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University students.
Collectively, the direct admit programs are designed to provide ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ undergraduate students enhanced transparency in the law school admissions process alongside a transparent and durable scholarship. Students are supported in their academic journey through ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law’s mentorship-based approach to admissions. That approach offers undergraduates exclusive high-touch and personalized pre-law programming from ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law’s Assistant Dean of Admissions Leah Straley.
"Historically, ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ undergraduates who attend ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law become phenomenal law students and attorneys, successfully pass the bar exam and find full-time employment upon graduation,” Straley said. “ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law is extremely excited to provide two transparent pathways toward law school for ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ undergraduate students.”
Mary Randers, ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University dean of admission, is equally excited for the expanded access the Law School Bound program provides for undergraduate students.
“ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ draws students from all over the country with an interest in pursuing law,” Randers said. “ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University is distinct because we have partnered with ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Law to offer degree pathways through law school, helping distinguish us among many great undergraduate college options.”
Law School Bound is available immediately to applicants seeking admission to the undergraduate class of 2025. Both the 4+3 and 3+3 programs will likewise be made available to currently eligible ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University undergraduate students.
