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Application Process
- Penn Law Website
- Fee: $80
- Personal Statement (max 2 pages double-spaced)
- Optional Essays - Each one is limited to 1 double spaced page. If you choose to write an optional essay, you may answer one (or more than one) of the following:
• Describe how your background or experiences will 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, or personal experience).
• These are the core strengths that make Penn Law the best place to receive a rigorous and engaging legal education: genuine integration with associated disciplines; transformative, forward-looking faculty scholarship; highly-regarded experiential learning through urban clinics and our pro bono pledge; innovative, hands-on global engagement; and a manifest commitment to professional development and collegiality. These qualities define Penn Law. What defines you? How do your goals and values match Penn Law’s core strengths?
• Describe a time when, as a member of a team, you particularly excelled or were especially frustrated. What was your role within that team? What was the outcome?
• 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.
- 2-4 Letters of Recommendation
-Résumé or Curriculum Vitae required to make application complete
Application Instructions
Key Dates
Application Deadlines
Apps Open September 1st!!!
Early Decision (Binding)
Round 1
Submit application by November 15*
Complete application by December 1
Receive decision by December 31 (if not sooner)
Round 2
Submit application by January 7*
Complete application by January 15
Receive decision by January 31 (if not sooner)
*Early Decision applications must be submitted through LSAC no later than November 15 for Round 1 or January 7 for Round 2. All supporting documents, including the LSAC Credential Assembly Service Report, must be received by December 1 for Round 1 or January 15 for Round 2 Early Decision consideration. Please be advised that once an Early Decision application is deemed complete, the application could immediately go to the Admissions Committee for review, regardless of Round 1 or Round 2 submission. Therefore, a decision could be made at any point and will be considered binding once made.
Regular Decision
Submit application by March 1**
Complete application by March 15
Receive decision by May 1 (if not sooner)
**Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis beginning in November and decisions are made beginning in December.
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Awesome Facts
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LST Profile
Employment Stats
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Cross-Disciplinary Education
Reference Threads
Class of 2017 Applicants
Class of 2017 Waitlist
Class of 2016 Applicants
Class of 2016 Waitlist
Class of 2016 Accepted
Penn Students Taking Questions
Penn Law c/o 2017 Profile
Number of Applications: 5,859
Matriculants: 250
GPA 75th / Median / 25th percentiles: 3.95 / 3.89 / 3.52
LSAT 75th / Median / 25th percentiles: 170 / 169 / 164
Women 44%
Students of Color 35%
Direct from College 32%
Advanced Degrees 8%
Age Range 21-35
Tuition and Financial Aid
Tuition (2013-2014): $53,430
Total Including Books and COL: $79,360
Median Grant Amount: $16,523
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