Application Components
Application Overview
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Your Application and CAS Report
When you apply to law school, you will complete some parts of your application directly with the law schools to which you’re applying and others will be assembled into a report through the Credential Assembly Service (CAS) (opens in new browser window). Each component will be evaluated by law schools when they receive your completed application.
Here's the breakdown:
You’ll complete directly | Included in your CAS Report |
|---|---|
The application Résumé Personal statement Optional statements Optional or required addenda | LSAT score(s) LSAT writing Letters of recommendation Transcripts |
Through CAS, you’ll indicate who will write your letters of recommendation and then assign each letter to any school to which you apply.
You’ll also provide information about all post-secondary schools you have attended. That includes every two- or four-year undergraduate school and any graduate, professional, or law school you attended for any credits, regardless of whether a degree was conferred. You will request these schools send transcripts directly to LSAC.
Once received, LSAC will authenticate and summarize all transcripts and calculate your LSAC cumulative GPA, which will be on a 4.0 scale, and include every grade you received prior to earning your first undergraduate degree. The transcript summary will also include every letter grade you received in the process of earning that undergraduate degree. This academic summary, along with LSAT information, will be included in your CAS Report, which every school to which you apply receives directly from LSAC.