1. Complete our Application Materials.

2. Register with the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS).
This service, administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), brings together in one report much of the information required of an applicant by the Law School. LSDAS receives undergraduate and graduate school transcripts sent by college registrars pursuant to request by the applicant and converts the undergraduate transcripts into a standardized academic summary that is reported to the Law School. It is the responsibility of the applicant to make certain that a transcript from each college or university attended is sent to LSDAS.

The LSDAS report also includes: biographic information; copies of all undergraduate, graduate, and law school/professional transcripts; LSAT scores and writing sample copies; and copies of letters of recommendation processed by LSAC.

Each applicant must register with LSDAS by filing the registration form provided in the 2007-2008 LSAT & LSDAS Information Book. Your registration is valid for a five-year period beginning on the date LSAC processes your LSDAS registration. To register, call (215) 968-1001, or visit the LSAC Web site at www.lsac.org.

If you are not a subscriber, LSAC will not produce LSDAS Law School Reports for you. You must register for LSDAS again. You do not have to retake the LSAT if you have reportable scores earned since June 1, 2002. However, you must have a separate transcript sent to LSAC for each undergraduate and graduate institution you have attended. Applicants for admission to Brooklyn Law School are urged to activate their LSDAS subscription no later than January 1 for the following fall.

3. Take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
All applicants are required to take the LSAT. It is strongly recommended that you take the LSAT by the February date for admission the following fall. However, Brooklyn Law School will consider for admission in the fall those candidates who sit for the June LSAT in accordance with the cautionary information provided above. Contact the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) at (215) 968-1001 or online at www.lsac.org for more information about the LSAT.

2007-08 Test Dates
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Saturday, February 2, 2008

4. Complete and Return Our Application. A Complete Application Includes a Signed Application Form and the Following:

a) Application Fee
To apply for admission to the Law School, applicants are required to pay an application fee of $65. A check or money order, in the amount of $65, should be payable to Brooklyn Law School. Payments from outside the U.S. should be in the form of an international money order payable in U.S. dollars or funds drawn on a U.S. bank. Do not remit cash.

The application fee is not refundable, is not credited toward tuition, and is not applicable toward the fee for the Law School Data Assembly Service.

Any check or money order for payment will be accepted only subject to prompt collection. Post-dated checks are not acceptable.

Applicants with severe financial hardship may apply for a fee waiver. The sole criterion for granting a waiver is the absolute inability to pay the fee. Only persons with extreme need should apply. Inability to pay is validated by your submission of (1) financial information furnished on the attached Brooklyn Law School Admission Application Fee Waiver Request form (PDF); and (2) a copy of a letter from the Law School Admission Council that approves your request for a LSAC fee waiver (if you applied for one). In some cases, the School’s Office of Financial Aid may require verification of income by additionally requesting copies of an applicant’s (and spouse’s) and applicant’s parents’ most recent federal income tax returns. Failure to provide these documents may result in denial of the fee waiver request.

Upon our receipt of the documents, your request will be reviewed and a decision will be communicated to you by letter soon thereafter. Be advised, however, that the extra time required to process the fee waiver request occasionally results in a delay in reviewing an otherwise complete admission application. Applicants are encouraged, therefore, to submit their fee waiver request as early as possible.

Applicants with severe financial hardship may apply for a fee waiver. The sole criterion for granting a waiver is the absolute inability to pay the fee. Only those with extreme need should apply. Inability to pay is validated by submission of (1) a copy of a letter from the Law School Admission Council that approves the applicant’s request for a LSAC fee waiver; and (2) information furnished on Brooklyn Law School's Admission Application Fee Waiver Request form (PDF). In some cases, the School's Office of Financial Aid may require verification of income by additionally requesting copies of the applicant’s (and spouse’s) and applicant’s parents’ most recent federal income tax returns. Failure to provide these documents may result in denial of the fee waiver request. Applicants are notified via letter of the status of their request. The extra time required to process the fee waiver request occasionally results in a delay in reviewing an otherwise complete application for admission. Applicants are encouraged, therefore, to submit their fee waiver request early in the application year.

b) Dean's Certification
All first-year Juris Doctor degree applicants are required to submit a Dean's Certification form (PDF) from each degree-granting institution attended. Important: The application for admission to the Law School will be considered incomplete, and no action will be taken, without the receipt of a properly executed Dean's Certification Form. A copy of this form is included in the application packet.

c) Faculty Evaluation
Brooklyn Law School requires that at least two (2) faculty evaluations be submitted as part of the application. If you have graduated and been out of school for several years or more, you can ask an employer or other individual who knows your intellectual abilities to provide one of the evaluations. Please bear in mind, however, that we are primarily interested in an evaluator’s judgment about your potential for academic success in law school. In such cases, the Law School expects candidates to recognize how valuable such references are to the Admissions Committee in its assessment of the intellectual contribution a candidate will make in the classroom.

The Law School strongly suggests that candidates submit letters through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service, already included in the LSDAS registration subscription. To read more about this service, please visit the LSAC Web site at www.lsac.org. Alternatively, such letters may be submitted by the applicant for admission, or they may be forwarded separately by the persons requested to write the letters directly to our Admissions Office. Candidates should utilize the Brooklyn Law School Faculty Evaluation Form (PDF), included in our application packet, or a photocopy of it, for each letter submitted, unless these letters are sent by the undergraduate school's own credential service or by the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service.

5. Interview Policy
Due to the large volume of applications received each year, the Law School normally does not grant personal interviews as part of the admissions process. Only in very unusual situations, where special circumstances exist, will the Admissions Office grant a formal interview at the request of the candidate. In such cases, applicants should direct their written requests for an interview to the Dean of Admissions and should relate why they feel their circumstances could best be explained in person. Applicants shall be notified by letter as to whether their request has been granted or denied.

In certain circumstances, however, an applicant may be advised by the Admissions Office to schedule a personal interview with the Dean of Admissions. Such an interview is evaluative in nature, is designed to clarify and assess a prospective student's qualifications for admission, and is a critical part of our decision-making process.

6. Reapplication
Admission files are maintained for three years. If an applicant applied within that time period and wishes to reapply to the Law School, he or she may request that the file be reactivated. Nevertheless, a new application form must be filed, together with a reapplication fee of $65. It is also necessary to submit a new LSDAS Law School Report. It is not necessary to submit a new personal statement or copies of the same letters of evaluation already in the applicant’s application file. The applicant should, however, update the file with any new, relevant information, including a current resume and/or new letters of evaluation.

Previously denied candidates are advised that, absent a significant improvement in their application profile, a more favorable outcome is unlikely upon reapplication.