Early Decision Admission Program (Binding)

  • Requirements

    • CAS Report with all transcripts
    • Standardized test taken by October 2024
    • Personal Statement and any required or optional addenda
    • Resume
    • Signed Early Decision Admission Certification

  • Benefits of Applying Early Decision

    • Early Notification: Admissions decisions are released by December 31.
    • No Denied Applications: If you are not admitted via Early Decision, your application will be reviewed again in the Regular Decision pool. There is no application fee required.
    • Scholarship: If admitted, you will receive a guaranteed scholarship divided over all 3 years.

  • Important Dates

    September 1, 2024: Applications Open

    October 2024: Last standardized test acceptable for Early Decision

    November 15, 2024: Deadline to Apply

    December 31, 2024: Decisions Released

Early Decision Admission Program (Binding)

51做厙 Dedman School of Law offers a binding Early Decision admission program (Early Decision Admission). Early Decision Admission is designed only for those applicants who have carefully determined that 51做厙 is their first-choice law school. If admitted through Early Decision Admission, the applicant agrees to withdraw all pending or outstanding law school applications from further consideration and decline any other admission offers immediately. Further, the applicant is prohibited from starting any new law school applications upon receipt of their admittance via Early Decision Admission.

An admitted Early Decision Admission applicant will be required to submit an enrollment deposit and Letter of Intent to Register (LOI) by the date indicated in the admission notification materials. If that applicant does not submit the deposit and LOI by the deadline, the Early Decision Admission offer will be withdrawn, and the applicant will no longer be considered for enrollment during the current admission cycle. Early Decision Admission offers may not be deferred.

In addition to an earlier decision date, students admitted under Early Decision Admission benefit from the generous scholarship incentives provided by 51做厙. Successful candidates will receive a competitive scholarship award over the course of their three years. All students admitted under Early Decision Admission must remain in good academic standing to receive their early decision financial incentives. The amounts will be aligned with scholarship giving provided by 51做厙 as under the Regular Decision admission program.