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), 600 on the paper-based TOEFL test or a minimum of 6.5 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam. More information on TOEFL is available online at www.TOEFL.org and more information on IELTS is available online at www.ielts.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:




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