LSDAS E-APP

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Instructions:University of Wyoming College of Law

Directions for Submitting Applications Prepared Using = the Law=20 School Admission Council's Electronic Applications

We accept applications that have been prepared using the Law School = Admission=20 Council's LSDAS Electronic Applications. This service allows you to use = your=20 computer to fill out applications. You can print our completed = application and=20 send it directly to the University of Wyoming College of Law or you can=20 electronically transmit your law school application to LSAC. LSAC will = then send=20 a printed version of your application to the University of Wyoming = College of=20 Law. You must print, sign, and mail a Certification Letter = along=20 with your application fee to the law school if you apply electronically = via=20 LSAC.=20

APPLICATION
Complete and return the College of Law = Application for=20 Admission between October 1 and March 1 of the academic year preceding = your=20 requested admission. Read the application carefully before completing = it. All=20 questions must be answered fully unless the question indicates a = response is=20 optional.
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APPLICATION FEE
Submit nonrefundable application = fee of=20 $50.
APPLICATION STATUS
The College of Law only admits = beginning=20 students in the fall semester, which typically commences the last full = week of=20 August. Students reapplying for admission must indicate the year(s) of = prior=20 applications. Transfer students (Admission with Advanced Standing) are = admitted only when the College of Law facilities and curriculum = permit.=20 Applications for transferring students are due on or before July 1.=20 Transferring students are encouraged to contact the College of Law for = details=20 of admission.
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Provision of your social = security=20 number is optional, but we encourage you to include it. Use of your = social=20 security number better enables our admissions staff to track documents = related=20 to your application. Use of your social security number as your = student=20 identification number will also assist us in tracking records related = to your=20 studies at the College of Law.

Please update your address with = the=20 College of Law Admissions Office if it changes during the admission=20 period.
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RESIDENCY
For complete description of residency=20 requirements and tuition determinations see http://uwadmn= web.uwyo.edu/admissions/residency.asp.

Note:=20 Nonresident graduates of the University of Wyoming are entitled to = reduced=20 tuition rates calculated at one hundred fifty percent (150%) of = resident=20 tuition. Children of University of Wyoming graduates are also entitled = to the=20 reduced tuition rate.
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LSAT/LSDAS
All applicants must take the Law = School=20 Admission Test (LSAT). This test should be taken at or before the = February=20 administration of the test. All applicants must also register with the = Law=20 School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). An applicant from a country = other than=20 the United States must also arrange to take the TOEFL (Test of English = as a=20 Foreign Language) exam and have the score reported directly to the = College of=20 Law if English is not the applicant's first language.
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EDUCATION
List chronologically all undergraduate = and=20 graduate work, including any prior law school work.

All = applicants must=20 register with the Law School Data Assembly Service and have = transcripts=20 forwarded to LSDAS by the registrar of each university and/or college=20 attended. No action will be taken on this application until your = transcript=20 analysis from LSDAS has been received by the College of Law. An = applicant from=20 a country other than the United States must provide official = transcripts with=20 an English translation from the educational institution(s) he/she = attended to=20 earn undergraduate and/or graduate degrees, if the LSDAS report does = not=20 provide a transcript analysis for those educational = institutions.
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CHARACTER AND FITNESS
Answer "yes" or "no" to the = listed=20 questions. If your answer to any of these questions is "yes," you must = electronically attach, or include with the application, a statement = explaining=20 in full the circumstances respecting each "yes" answer. Failure to = comply will=20 result in an incomplete application.
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PERSONAL R=C9SUM=C9
You must electronically = attach, or=20 include with this application, a personal r=E9sum=E9. List and briefly = describe up=20 to five extracurricular honors, accomplishments, community service = activities=20 or other activities that have been important to you. List and briefly = describe=20 all post-high school employment, including your present position. If = you=20 served in the military and would like to have your services considered = in the=20 application process, include military branch, dates of service, duties = and=20 discharge status, and/or current military status.
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PERSONAL ESSAY
You must electronically attach, or = include=20 with this application, a personal essay explaining why you are seeking = admission to law school. While you are not required to do so, you may = use this=20 essay to describe life experiences or insights that have led you to = pursue a=20 legal education at this time and/or the use(s) that you hope to make = of your=20 legal education after graduating from law school. Please feel free to = add=20 information that you would like the Admissions Committee to consider = relating=20 to challenges or disadvantages that you have confronted in your life. = This=20 essay may not exceed two 8 1/2 x 11 inch typewritten pages and it must = be=20 double-spaced. Use nothing smaller than 3/4-inch margins and 10-point=20 font.
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SIGNATURE
Any false or misleading statement or an = incomplete or inaccurate application may be the basis for denial of = admission=20 or, if the applicant has been admitted, disciplinary action by the = College of=20 Law. All questions must be answered fully and completely, and the = application=20 must contain an original signature and date. If you elect to submit = this=20 application electronically rather than printing and mailing it, you = must sign=20 the Certification Letter, instead of the application, and send the=20 Certification Letter directly to the College of Law. You must notify = the=20 College of Law of any changes in the information in your application = that=20 occur after submission of your application.
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CHECKLIST FOR APPLICANT
This section is for = applicant use=20 only as a reminder of required information for admission to the = College of=20 Law.
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OTHER
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1. Letters of Recommendation
  Applicants may submit up to = three=20 (3) letters of recommendation. Letters can be submitted directly to = the UW=20 College of Law or through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service = that is=20 included in your LSDAS registration. To be considered, letters of=20 recommendation must be received by the application deadline of March = 1,=20 whether submitted directly to the College of Law or through the LSAC = Letter=20 of Recommendation Service.
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2. Certification Letter
  You must print out, sign, = and mail=20 a Certification Letter if you apply electronically via LSAC. =
  
  Any=20 false or misleading statement or an incomplete or inaccurate = application may=20 be the basis for denial of admission or, if the applicant has been = admitted,=20 disciplinary action by the College of Law. All questions must be = answered=20 fully and completely. If you elect to submit this application=20 electronically, you must sign the Certification Letter, instead of = the=20 application, and send the Certification Letter directly to the = College of=20 Law. You must notify the College of Law of any changes in the = information in=20 your application that occur after submission of your = application.
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3. Applicants will be notified by email when their applications are = complete. Notification of admission or non-acceptance will be = send by=20 US mail. Applicants should notify the College of Law of any = changes in=20 mailing address, email, and telephone number.
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4. Mailing Address:
  
  University of Wyoming
  College = of Law=20 Admissions Office
  Dept. 3035
  1000 E. University = Ave.
  Laramie, WY=20 82071

All materials submitted by the applicant become the property of = the=20 College of Law and cannot be returned.=20