Queens,
NY,
United States
Type
Private
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Juris Doctor in Queens United States | St. John's University
St. John's University
|
Queens United States
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Qualification
Juris Doctor
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
72,630
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months
These defining qualities exemplify St. John's University's prestigious School of Law. Selecting a law school represents a pivotal choice that will shape your entire career trajectory. For more than eight decades, St. John's School of Law has cultivated a legacy of distinction - a tradition we persistently enhance through academic and infrastructural advancements. Our contemporary Law School facility, featuring cutting-edge technology including an advanced computer lab, the completely redesigned Belson Moot Court Room, and multiple newly added classrooms, is further enhanced by recently built campus residences. This vibrant energy permeates our entire Law School community. Recent additions to our faculty, committed to both instruction and research, along with innovative courses, clinics, centers, and programs, elevate our already outstanding academic offerings.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
Baccalaureate Degree and LSAT and GRE
Applying for admission to St. John's University School of Law requires a baccalaureate degree granted by a fully accredited institution and a standardized test score (LSAT or GRE).
To be considered for J.D. admission to St. John's Law, you must submit:
A completed, signed, and dated St. John's Law application form. (If applying electronically, the electronic certification suffices.)
Credential Assembly Service registration, all undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and a reportable Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score.
Personal Statement: Please submit a personal statement or short essay with your application. Include your LSAC account number on it. You may write about any topic you wish. Suggested topics: your decision to pursue a career in law, your reaction to a recent current affairs event, your feelings about a particular community service or extracurricular activity with which you have been involved. Suggested length is two typed pages.
Letters of Recommendation - professional or academic (2-3).
Resume: In reverse chronological order, please include all employment, volunteer, and extracurricular activities along with all educational institutions attended. Include an explanation for any gap of time (three months or more) not explained on your resume.
Optional: If there are economic, cultural, or social factors that have been significant in your development and identity, or that have presented obstacles to you, and you wish the Admissions Committee to consider those factors in evaluating your application, please provide a supplementary statement describing these obstacles.
Foreign law school graduates may alternatively decide to take the IELTS test. There is no preference for one over the other. The minimum score required is 7.0
Minimum score required:
600 paper-based score
250 computer-based score
100 Internet-Based
Applying for admission to St. John's University School of Law requires a baccalaureate degree granted by a fully accredited institution and a standardized test score (LSAT or GRE).
To be considered for J.D. admission to St. John's Law, you must submit:
A completed, signed, and dated St. John's Law application form. (If applying electronically, the electronic certification suffices.)
Credential Assembly Service registration, all undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and a reportable Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score.
Personal Statement: Please submit a personal statement or short essay with your application. Include your LSAC account number on it. You may write about any topic you wish. Suggested topics: your decision to pursue a career in law, your reaction to a recent current affairs event, your feelings about a particular community service or extracurricular activity with which you have been involved. Suggested length is two typed pages.
Letters of Recommendation - professional or academic (2-3).
Resume: In reverse chronological order, please include all employment, volunteer, and extracurricular activities along with all educational institutions attended. Include an explanation for any gap of time (three months or more) not explained on your resume.
Optional: If there are economic, cultural, or social factors that have been significant in your development and identity, or that have presented obstacles to you, and you wish the Admissions Committee to consider those factors in evaluating your application, please provide a supplementary statement describing these obstacles.
Foreign law school graduates may alternatively decide to take the IELTS test. There is no preference for one over the other. The minimum score required is 7.0
Minimum score required:
600 paper-based score
250 computer-based score
100 Internet-Based
Tuition
USD
72,630