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Guaranteed Admission Program For Jurisprudence Majors & Pre Law Minors

New York Law School (NYLS) and Montclair State University (MSU) have a cooperative program that guarantees admission to NYLS for selected MSU students completing the major in Jurisprudence or the minor in Pre Law. The program began during the 2007-08 academic year. This program does not use the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score as a factor for admission.

Eligibility

To be considered for admission to NYLS through this program, the MSU student must:

• Have a declared major in Jurisprudence or declared minor in Pre Law;
• Have an undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher;
• Have completed course work demonstrating extensive and intensive research and course work requiring advanced writing, as determined by the MSU pre-law advisor
• Have taken the LSAT and be subscribed to the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS).

Students who transferred into MSU are eligible for consideration if they have completed at least 60 credits at MSU with an MSU GPA of 3.50 or higher and an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.40 or higher.

All applicants through this program must be recommended by the MSU pre-law advisor.

Application Process

The LSAT is required to be taken, although the admission decision will be based upon the rest of the application and the recommendation of the MSU pre-law advisor. The LSAT score will be used to make any merit scholarship determination at the time of admission; merit scholarship awards require scores at or above the mid-range for NYLS's entering class.

NYLS will notify the student of her or his admission within two weeks of receiving the program admission recommendation of the MSU pre-law advisor,

Students not applying through this program or not recommended to this program by the MSU pre-law advisor may seek admission to NYLS through the traditional admission process.