Foreign Applicants

Applicants who completed their [undergraduate and/or] legal degrees at institutions outside the United States or Canada must fulfill additional requirements:
  • Applicants whose primary language is not English or whose education has been in a language other than English must achieve a minimum score of 100 on the Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or 600 on the paper-based test. More information on TOEFL is available online at www.TOEFL.org.
  • The degree(s) must be from a university accredited in the country in which it is located or the applicant must be admitted to practice before the highest court in that country.
  • The applicant must submit a degree equivalency statement with an assessment of grade-point average based on foreign academic work as provided by a credentials evaluation service:

  • LSAC LL.M. Credential Assembly Service
    662 Penn Street Box 8511
Newtown, PA 18940-8511

    Tel: 215.968.1315 / Fax: 215.504.1456

    www.LLM.LSAC.org / LLMinfo@LSAC.org

    International Education Research Foundation
    P.O. Box 3665
    Culver City, CA 90231-3655

    Tel: (310) 258-9451
    Fax: (310) 342-7086
    www.ierf.org / info@ierf.org

    World Education Services, Inc.
    Bowling Green Station

    P.O. Box 5087
    New York, NY 10274-5087
    Tel: 212-966-6311
    Fax: 212-739-6100

    www.wes.org / info@wes.org

    Global Services Associates
    2554 Lincoln Boulevard, #445
    Marina del Rey, CA 90291-5082
    Tel & Fax: (310) 828-5709
    www.globaleval.org / info@globaleval.org