Applicants with Foreign Undergraduate Degrees
Application Process
Graduates of undergraduate programs outside the United States may apply to enter New England School of Law's three-year full-time or four-year part-time J.D. program. Successful completion of the J.D. program allows a graduate to sit for any bar examination in the United States.
A complete application file consists of the materials required for the full and part-time (day & evening) programs and the following:
- Registration with the LSAC J.D. Credential Assembly Service; and
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - if English is not the applicant's first language or if the language of instruction at the foreign institution conferring your bachelor’s degree is not English.
FOREIGN TRANSCRIPT
New England School of Law requires that foreign transcripts be submitted through the LSAC J.D. Credential Assembly Service. If an applicant completed any postsecondary work outside the United States (including its territories) or Canada, he or she must use this service for the evaluation of foreign transcripts. The one exception to this requirement is if the applicant completed the foreign work through a study abroad, consortium, or exchange program sponsored by a United States 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 the LSDAS report.
J.D. CREDENTIAL ASSEMBLY SERVICE
To use the J.D. CAS, applicants should log in to the LSAC online account and follow the instructions for registering for the service. Applicants should be sure to print out a Transcript Request Form for each institution and to send it promptly to each one. More time is usually required to receive foreign transcripts. Questions about the J.D. Credential Assembly Service can be directed to LSAC at (215)968-1011 or LSACINFO@LSAC.org.
LSAT & TOEFL
Foreign applicants must take the LSAT, and if English is not the applicant's first language or if the undergraduate degree was not received from an English-speaking institution, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) must be taken through the following agency:
- TOEFL, PO Box 6151, Princeton, NJ 08541, telephone (609) 771-7100.
The applicant must receive a score of 600 or higher (250 on the computer test or 100 on the Internet test). The applicant must contact the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to request that the TOEFL score be sent to LSAC. LSAC's TOEFL code for the J.D. Credential Assembly Service is 0058. The score will be included in the Foreign Credential document that will be included in the LSDAS law school report.
