NOTE: Transmission of electronic applications to this law school will begin on 9/15/2011. Please return to this page at that time to transmit your application.
Important Application Deadlines: http://www.law.upenn.edu/prospective/jd/apply/
Admissions Checklist: http://www.law.upenn.edu/prospective/jd/apply/EARLY DECISION (BINDING)
September 1 - Earliest date to submit an application.
By November 15 - Application must be received.
By December 1 - Application must be complete.
By December 31 - Decisions will be sent.
REGULAR NOTIFICATION
September 1 - Earliest date to submit an application.
By March 1* - Application must be received.
Application Instructions: http://www.law.upenn.edu/prospective/jd ... ctions.pdf- Completed application form with electronic signature
- Application fee in the amount of $80.00 or an approved Penn Law or LSAC fee waiver
- Undergraduate transcripts from all schools attended
- Graduate transcripts from all schools attended
- Credential Assembly Service Law School report
- Two Letters of Recommendation (must be submitted through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service)
- Résumé or Curriculum Vitae
- Personal statement
Note: Last year, the supplemental essays were required, this year they are optional.
JD Status Checker: https://aces2.lsac.org/YourStatus/membership/logon.aspxOptional Essays
If you wish, you may write an additional essay on any of the following topics. These optional essays allow you an opportunity to provide the admissions committee with additional relevant information that you were not able to include in your personal statement. Please include the essay with your application by electronically attaching it to your application before submission through LSAC. You may answer more than one essay topic if you so choose. Include your name and LSAC account number on each page. Please limit any optional essay to one page, double spaced and title it appropriately.
- Describe how your background or experiences will contribute to or enhance the diversity of the Penn Law community (e.g. based on your culture, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ideology, age, socioeconomic status, academic background, employment experience, etc.).
- Please discuss the work of art or literature that most influenced your decision to pursue a legal education.
- How will your legal education and professional development at Penn Law support your five year plan upon graduation?
- If you do not think that your academic record or standardized test scores accurately reflect your ability to succeed in law school, please tell us why
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c/o 2014 Reference Threads:
Applicants: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=134394
Attending: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 8&t=133502
Waitlist: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=145779
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Countdown Timer to date on which applications can first be sent:
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/cus ... =00&p0=179
Penn Decision Date Graph, 2009-2010:
Decision Date Spreadsheet for Oct/Nov Apps:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreads ... 2dcE#gid=0
LSN 2011-2012 Cycle Applicants: http://penn.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants
LSN 2010-2011 Cycle Applicants: http://penn.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants/1011/