Admission

Selection of Students for Admission to the Litigation Emphasis Area

A. Deadline for admission to the Litigation Concentration: Students wishing to be admitted to the litigation emphasis area should apply not later than their fifth semester of law school. An application form will be available and must be submitted by the deadline for applications set by the litigation emphasis area advisers committee and circulated to the student body. Decisions as to whether a student will be admitted to the program will be made in the semester in which the student applies.

B. Procedure and Criteria for Selection:

1. The maximum number of students who will be permitted to enter the litigation emphasis area each year will be set by the litigation emphasis area adviser committee taking into account the ability of the advisors to provide adequate supervision and advising. Each litigation emphasis area adviser may set a maximum number of students that he or she will advise.
2. The litigation emphasis area adviser committee will select the students to be admitted to the program. Criteria to be considered may include previous general academic performance in law school, previous academic performance in courses seen as particularly relevant to litigation, level of interest in litigation and ability to identify an adviser willing to advise and supervise the student.
3. No student shall be admitted to the program unless he or she has 2.7 GPA or above in all law school classes previously taken.