International Students
Chicago-Kent welcomes applications from students who have earned
degrees from foreign institutions. International applicants must
submit all of the documents required of other applicants (application
for admission, application
fee, personal statement, LSAT/LSDAS report, and letter of recommendation).
Applicants who have completed more than one year of
postsecondary work outside the United States (including
its territories) or Canada must have their academic
records translated and evaluated, at their own expense,
and sent to Chicago-Kent. Applicants are exempted from
this requirement if the total amount of work completed
at all foreign institutions combined is the equivalent of
one year or less of undergraduate study in the United
States, its territories, or Canada. This exemption includes
foreign work completed through a study abroad, consortium,
or exchange program sponsored by a U.S. or Canadian institution, where the work is clearly indicated as such on
the home campus transcript.
All applicants who earned degrees or completed
more than one year of course work at foreign institutions
must use either the LSAC JD CAS service or a NACES
credential evaluation service for the evaluation of their
foreign transcripts. Applicants may either submit their
transcripts through the LSAC JD Credential Assembly
Service (JD CAS) or may submit a detailed, course-by-course
evaluation from a member of the National Association of
Credential Evaluation Services (www.naces.org).
Information about the LSAC JD Credential
Assembly Service is available from the Law School
Admission Council at 215.968.1001 or www.lsac.org.
The cost for JD CAS is included in the LSDAS subscription
fee. To use the JD Credential Assembly Service,
applicants must log in to their online LSAC account
and follow the instructions for registering for the service.
Applicants should be sure to print out a Transcript Request
Form for each institution and send it promptly to the
school. More time is usually required to receive foreign
transcripts. Upon receipt of the foreign transcripts by LSAC,
a Foreign Credential Evaluation will be completed
by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars
and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) and will be
incorporated into the applicant’s LSDAS report.
Applicants who do not use JD CAS for the evaluation
of their foreign transcripts must submit a detailed,
course-by-course evaluation from a member of the
National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (www.naces.org). Applicants must submit a detailed
report that identifies each educational credential,
provides its U.S. equivalent, and provides credit and
grade equivalents for each academic subject studied.
The report must be mailed directly to Chicago-Kent from
the credential evaluation service. Applications will not be
reviewed without an original, detailed credential evaluation.
Please see the application home page for additional information on the process of applying for admission.
Advanced Standing for Foreign Law Graduates
Chicago-Kent may grant advanced standing to attorneys educated
at non-U.S. law schools. The law school may grant up to 29 credit
hours based on the applicant's prior legal study.
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