Additional Instructions
Additional Instructions
Applicants who are non-U.S. citizens who have a bachelor’s or law degree from a non-U.S. college or university or non-U.S. citizens who have been educated in the United States are considered international applicants. All Requirements for Admission apply to international applicants, with the possible exception of the LSDAS requirements.
All international students must arrange with LSAC to have their LSAT scores sent to William Mitchell College of Law. They must subscribe to the LSDAS only if their college is listed as a participating college or university in the LSAT & LSDAS Information Book.
We require that your foreign transcripts be submitted through the LSAC JD Credential Assembly Service. If you completed any postsecondary work outside the United States (including its territories) or Canada, you must use this service for the evaluation of your foreign transcripts. The one exception to this requirement is if you completed the foreign work through a study abroad, consortium, or exchange program sponsored by a U.S. or Canadian institution, and the work is clearly indicated as such on the home campus transcript. This service is included in the LSDAS subscription fee. A Foreign Credential Evaluation will be completed by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), which will be incorporated into your LSDAS report. You must also request that your TOEFL score be sent to LSAC. LSAC’s TOEFL code for the JD Credential Assembly Service is 0058. Your score will be included in the Foreign Credential Evaluation document that will be included in your LSDAS law school report.
To use the JD Credential Assembly Service, log-in to your online account and follow the instructions for registering for the service. Be sure to print out a Transcript Request Form for each institution and send it promptly to them. More time is usually required to receive foreign transcripts.
Questions about the JD Credential Assembly Service can be directed to LSAC at (215) 968-1001 or lsacinfo@lsac.org.
If you are a non-native speaker of English or if you have been educated in a country where English is not the primary language, you must make arrangements with Educational Testing Service (www.toefl.org) to take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and have your results sent directly to the William Mitchell College of Law Office of Admissions. To be considered for admission, you must score at least 250 on the computerbased or 100 on the Internet-based TOEFL. If you have completed a degree program in the United States, your TOEFL score may be waived. If you are not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, submit a Certification of Finances Form. You may obtain this form from the William Mitchell Office of Admissions or on the Web at http://www.wmitchell.edu/admissions/CertFinancesform.pdf.
Non-U.S. citizens must submit at least one of the following as supporting documentation of their current status: a photocopy of your permanent residence (green) card, I-94, I-515, photocopy of current passport visa stamp, employment authorization document, or other INS-approved document.
All Requirements for Admission apply to permanent resident applicants. Permanent resident applicants with bachelor’s or law degrees from non-U.S. colleges or universities must follow the above procedures for international applicants. Permanent resident applicants with bachelor’s degrees from U.S. colleges or universities must submit a photocopy of their green card with their William Mitchell application.
All Requirements for Admission apply to transfer applicants. Transfer applicants must also include their reasons for transferring in their personal statement.
Persons seeking to transfer from another school may be admitted to William Mitchell with advanced standing if they meet the college’s admissions requirements and have satisfactorily completed at least one full year of study at an ABA-accredited law school.
The dean of the applicant’s previous law school must send a letter stating that the applicant is in good standing and eligible to continue at that school. A person who is ineligible to continue toward a degree at the previous law school cannot be considered for admission to William Mitchell within two years of the date of his or her dismissal from his or her former law school. Official, certified copies of the applicant’s law school transcripts must be sent to William Mitchell’s Office of Admissions directly from the applicant’s previous law school(s). To receive credits for previous course work, an applicant must have received a grade of C or higher. Transfer students must satisfactorily complete at least 24 credits of instruction in residence at William Mitchell.
Students enrolled in other ABA-accredited law schools who seek to take a semester or year of courses at William Mitchell may apply as visiting students. To be considered as a visiting student, you will need to fill out the Application for Admission form and submit an application fee, a personal statement, and a résumé, as stated in the previous instructions, with the exception of the LSAT and LSDAS requirements.
Persons seeking to visit William Mitchell for a semester or year of course work from another law school may be admitted to William Mitchell as a visiting student if they meet the college’s admissions requirements and have satisfactorily completed at least one full year at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
The dean of the applicant’s current (and previous, if applicable) law school must send a letter stating that the applicant is in good standing and eligible to continue at that school. The dean’s letter should also state that the courses taken at William Mitchell will be accepted by the applicant’s current law school. Official, certified copies of the applicant’s law school transcripts, including grades for at least one full year of study, must be mailed directly to the William Mitchell Office of Admissions from the current law school and any other law schools attended.
William Mitchell College of Law does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, or sexual orientation. William Mitchell College of Law is an equal opportunity/affirmative action educator and employer.