If you follow a 3-year period at Adelphi and 3 years at NY Law School, you may transfer then with all your prerequisite courses to NY Law School afterward you have completed the first year. In fact, you can receive a both bachelor grade from Adelphi and a J.D. grade from NYLS. If you wish to attend NYLS, then you’ll need to have the LSAT.
As long as the freshman student demonstrates that he’s very interested in the study of law and had a incredible performance on the LSAT, besides other achievements, he is taken into consideration for this program.
The student must meet the following requirements in order to enter Adelphi freshman year:
- A LSAT combined score which equals 1200 (The Writing part isn’t take into consideration)
- Students with a Mathematical Analysis or a reading Comprehension Score below 500 may be measured on a case-by-case basis
- An average grade-point of at least 3.40 attained in high school.
However, in case where the student doesn’t meet the JD Program admission standards before the admittance fee to Adelphi, if he has a lowest SAT mark of 1100, has maintained an average grade-point of 3.50 or superior while studying at Adelphi, has successfully completed each preparation course in rigorous theoretical majors, has been suggested by the link offices from Adelphi, has had a fruitful interview with a NYLS admission representative and has been found qualified for temporary admittance by New York Law School after he completed a adapted law school admittance submission form that contains New York Law School application questions applicable to fitness and character matters.
The program doesn’t recommend to any student to choose a major in the School of Business, excluding economics, because there’s a high number of course credit requirements, even though students can major in their pre-law studies in any academic discipline they want to.
The student who’s admitted to the program commences an enhanced course of study at Adelphi and the completion of the in-residence undergraduate phase is done in 3 years. During this time, the student has to earn a minimum of 90 credits and maintain an undergraduate GPA of 3.5 or higher. Adelphi has four campuses: Manhattan, Garden City, Hudson Valley and Hauppauge) and the courses can be taught on any of these.
Adelphi-enrolled students must show and follow and academic success and prove their skills in writing through course work, portfolios, and graded writing samples. As a way to continue as a matriculated student at New York Law Schools, each student also has to receive recommendation letters from the pre-law adviser and program dean.
For additional information, please contact the Office of Pre-Professional Advising and Fellowships at 516.877.3140.
