General Information
Fall 2012 applications will begin being accepted on October 1, 2011. Applications are accepted:
- Electronically through the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC). This is the preferred method of receiving applications.
- By mail, by printing an application from our website using Adobe Acrobat and submitting it by mail.
Regardless of the method, applications and all required essays or explanations must be received by the March 1, 2012 deadline. Credential Assembly Service (formerly Law School Data Assembly Service - LSDAS) materials do not need to be received by the law school by March 1, 2012 but your file will be incomplete until they are received.
Scholarships
To be considered for Chancellors' Scholarships, applicants must apply by December 31, 2011. All students will be considered for other scholarships; there is no additional application for them, and recipients will be notified in the spring.
Application Material
Before your application can be considered, the Office of Admissions must have received:
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Application form. The online application found at http://www.lsac.org/jd/default.asp is our preferred method of receiving applications. When applying online, submission of the application is the equivalent of signing it. If you use the paper application found below, please make sure you sign it before submitting it.
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Application fee in the amount of $75. We prefer to receive payment through LSAC.
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Scores from every Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) taken before or after submission of the application and reported through the Credential Assembly Service (CAS) at the Law School Admission Council.
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Transcripts of grades from all colleges, universities, graduate and professional schools attended, as reported and processed through CAS.
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Two (2) letters of recommendation, as processed through CAS. A third letter of recommendation is optional.
- A copy of your personal statement and resume. The personal statement should be double spaced and in no less than 10 point type. The total number of pages allowed is four pages for the required questions and two for the optional questions, for a maximum of six pages. The resume can be up to three pages.
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North Carolina Residency Application Form.
Submit this form if you are claiming residency for tuition and admission purposes.
- LSAC Evaluation Service (optional)- We will review up to two evaluations if you have them. We will NOT accept them in lieu of the letters of recommendation.
Completed paper applications and required materials should be sent to:
UNC School of Law
Office of Admissions
Campus Box 3380
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380
Apply Electronically Through LSAC
Apply to the UNC School of Law Using the LSAC E-Application
The electronic application option* is provided in partnership with the Law School Admission Council (LSAC).
If you apply to the UNC School of Law using the LSAC electronic application, LSAC will:
- Provide you with an online version of the school's current application form.
- Provide you with the ability to write, store and send additional required materials, such as your resume, personal statement and extended/supplementary answers to questions.
- Provide the school with an electronic version of your application once you have completed and submitted it. LSAC will also print and send a paper copy of your application to the School of Law by the next business day following your completion and submission of the application.
- Provide you with information about the status of the LSAC process (but not the School of Law's admission process) using LSAC's online status service.
NOTE: Submitting the application electronically means you have agreed to all of the agreements in the directions and on the last page of the application. Submitting it electronically serves as the signature on the honor system page as well.
*LSAC's online application process is not currently available for the Mac operating system. It is also optimized for Internet Explorer 6.0 with 800x600 screen resolution. LSAC cannot guarantee that it will work with any other browser or versions other than the ones listed above.
Print an Application
Application (PDF) | Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
2012-2013 Transfer/Visitor Application (deadline June 15, 2012)
Please note that UNC School of Law does not provide paper copies of the application. If you wish to apply by mail (the electronic application is preferred), complete the application, sign it and mail it by March 1, 2012 to the address above.