JD Class of 2012(entered August 2009) 4,851 applicants 195 enrolled 1L students 48% women 21% minority students Colleges: 102 States: 38 & D.C. Foreign nations: 6
75% GPA: 3.86 Median GPA: 3.71 25% GPA: 3.50
75% LSAT: 169 Median LSAT: 168 25% LSAT: 164
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J.D. application process
J.D. Application BasicsYou may request a viewbook be mailed to you, or review / print the pdf version of the viewbook.
Application forms. We encourage you to apply online, although you may also download and print paper forms to complete and mail: | Application Guide | Forms | Supplemetal Forms | LSAT, LSDAS, and LSAC J.D. Credential Assembly Service. All applicants must take the LSAT and register with LSDAS through the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). (International students must register with the LSAC J.D. Credential Service rather than LSDAS when appropriate - please see below) You must provide a copy of official college transcripts from all colleges and universities you have attended to LSDAS. Your LSDAS report will include photocopies of your transcripts, your LSAT score(s), your LSAT writing sample, an transcript analysis and other information helpful to readers of your application. Two letters of recommendation. You must submit at least two letters of recommendation. Letters should be from members of the faculty of your undergraduate or graduate school, preferably faculty members who served as your advisers on research projects or who taught you in more than one course. If you have been recently employed full-time or have been in military service, you may submit letters from the persons best able to comment on your performance. If you have been out of school for several years, you may submit letters from employers if academic recommendations are not available. We recommend that your letters be submitted through the LSDAS letter of recommendation service, although your recommenders may send their letters directly to the Admissions Office if they prefer. If your school maintains a permanent file of recommendation letters or forms, you may have copies of these sent to us directly to the Admissions Office. Personal statement. Please provide a personal statement, presenting yourself to the Admissions Committee. The application forms provide additional guidance for your statement. Application fee. $50 (non-refundable). If you apply online, you must pay the fee with a credit card. If you have received a need-based fee waiver through LSAC for your LSAT fees, your Vanderbilt application fee will be automatically waived when you apply online. JD Financial Aid Statement. Required of all applicants. Please complete this form as indicated. Application for Law Scholars Merit Awards. (optional) International Students. If you completed a bachelor’s degree at an institution outside the United States (including its territories) and/or Canada, in addition to providing the materials listed above, you must also: 1) Register with the LSAC J.D. Credential Assembly Service, and 2) Take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) if the language of instruction at the foreign institution conferring your bachelor’s degree is not English. Please request that ETS send your TOEFL score directly to LSAC for inclusion with your CAS report, using code 0058. Admission Interview Program for J.D. Applicants: We believe that the quality of the educational environment at Vanderbilt benefits from considering a broad range of information about each prospective student and that each prospective student benefits from learning more about Vanderbilt. To those ends, we encourage all applicants to the J.D. program to interview as part of the admission process; with VULS alumni from coast to coast or abroad, at dozens of scheduled interview events across the nation, on-campus in Nashville, or by phone. Current applicants should visit Virtual VULS for more information and to schedule an interview; interview requests must be made by Decemeber 1. We can consider your application when we have received the following:
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