Successful applicants to McGeorge School of Law must have a four-year degree from a college or university. If an applicant is still in school during the application process, she must earn her degree prior to matriculation at McGeorge (if accepted). McGeorge School of Law does not require that applicants study specific subjects at their undergraduate institutions.
All applicants to McGeorge must take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), administered four times per year by the Law School Admission Council. The LSAT tests an applicant's reading comprehension, analytical reasoning and logical reasoning skills. Applicants may take the test multiple times but law schools are entitled to see all of an applicant's LSAT scores. According to the Pacific McGeorge website, the median LSAT score for its students is 158.
In order to take the LSAT, register online at the website of the Law School Admission Council. When you register for the LSAT, you must also register for its Credential Assembly Service for a fee of $124, as of January 2011. After you have done so, submit your undergraduate transcript(s) to this service, which will analyze them and then forward them to McGeorge with your LSAT score and any other information that you provide.
Applicants to McGeorge must fill out and submit its official application, found on the school's website. Along with the application form, a personal statement (three pages maximum) must be submitted, together with a $50 application fee, as of January 2011. The personal statement should explain what makes the applicant unique and why he desires to attend law school, specifically McGeorge.
Though McGeorge School of Law does not require that applicants submit letters of recommendation, it is highly recommended that they do so. Applicants can ask undergraduate professors and others who know their strengths to submit letters on their behalf. McGeorge requests that any letters of recommendation be sent directly to the Law School Admission Council.