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Qualitative Requirements: Applicants must
have earned a scholastic average of at least “C” in
courses of substantive academic content and received
an acceptable score on the Law School Admission Test
(LSAT). Admission will be granted to a select number
of qualified applicants.
Quantitative
Requirements: An applicant for admission to
candidacy for the Juris Doctor degree must have
received a bachelor’s degree from an accredited
college or university. An applicant who has been
excluded from another law center/school or who fails
to present a satisfactory scholastic record may not
be considered for admission.
Other
Factors: All applications are reviewed by a
special committee. Among the factors considered by
the committee, in addition to those stated above,
are cumulative undergraduate grade point average,
work experience or military service, and past
pursuits. Social and economic background, ability to
analyze and write well as demonstrated by the
written portion of the LSAT and personal statement,
and extracurricular activities are also considered.
An applicant must have good moral character. If
there is any indication that an applicant lacks good
moral character, the burden is upon the applicant to
prove through clear and convincing evidence that he
or she possesses the requisite good moral character
to be considered for admission. The Law Center
reserves the right to deny admission to any
applicant who does not fulfill this requirement.
Admission of
non-resident applicants may be limited to ten
percent of the first-year class.
Admission with Advanced Standing
Persons who have
successfully completed work at a law center/school
approved by the American Bar Association and who
have met the requirements for admission to the
first-year class, may upon application and
presentation of proper credentials, be admitted with
advanced standing.
If courses
presented as a basis for advanced standing were
completed at a law center/school outside the State
of Louisiana, such courses may be accepted as a
substitute for work done in this Law Center, but
only to the extent of one year of study. Work done
in a Louisiana law center/school may be accepted as
the equivalent of work done at the Southern
University Law Center up to a maximum of two years.
Each student will be required to spend his or her
senior year in residence and complete a minimum of
30 academic hours at this Law Center.
The Southern
University Law Center reserves the right to refuse
credits, in whole or in part, or to withdraw credit
for prior work. Transfer students must present a
statement from the dean of the law school last
attended certifying the student’s eligibility for
readmission or continued enrollment at that Law
School. Students who have been excluded from other
law centers/schools because of scholastic
deficiencies will not be admitted with advanced
standing.
Early Law School
Admission Program (Three Plus Three Program)
The Law Center in conjunction with Southern
University Baton Rouge has begun an Early Law School
Admission Program to admit exceptional students into
law studies from the Baton Rouge campus prior to
completion of their undergraduate degrees. The
program is being coordinated in the Law Center and
the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy.
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