Requirements & Applications
Admission Requirements
To be eligible for admission, an applicant must hold either a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school in the U.S. or an academic degree in law from an educational institution in a country other than the U.S. which makes the applicant eligible to become licensed to practice law in that country. Alternatively, an international applicant with an academic degree other than in law must be licensed to practice law as an attorney in a jurisdiction outside the United States. Documentation of all academic degrees and, where applicable, a law license, is required.
Ordinarily, the academic degree of an international applicant must be comparable to a U.S. Bachelor's degree (for example, B.A., A.B., B.S.). A Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree will also qualify.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must have a score of at least 575 on the paper-based TOEFL, a score of at least 230 on the computer-based TOEFL, a score of at least 89 on the iBT TOEFL, and a score of at least 6.5 on the IELTS. We will also accept a score of "First Grade" on the national Japanese English Proficiency STEP Exam. Qualifying language scores must be less than two years old.
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis will also accept successful completion of Intensive English/Masters Prep at the ELS Language Center - Indianapolis as satisfaction of the English Language qualification.
A successful applicant for admission must demonstrate (1) academic achievement, documented with official academic transcripts, diplomas and/or graduation certificates and two letters of academic reference; (2) professional accomplishment, where applicable, documented with letters of professional reference (all documents must be in native language and/or official English translation, where applicable); and (3) English language competency, where applicable.
English language competency must be documented with TOEFL, IELTS, or STEP scores or successful completion of Intensive English/Masters Prep at the ELS Language Center - Indianapolis; the higher the score, the better the chance for admission.
Prior to the beginning of the first semester of study, all international students attending the Indianapolis campus who are non-native English speakers will be required to take an English as a Second Language (ESL) Placement Test administered on campus. Students whose test results reveal the need for additional English language instruction will be required to take ESL instruction. The ESL instruction is provided at no additional cost.
Applicants interested in applying for the LL.M. Program should download and submit applications forms with all required, supporting documents to the LL.M. Program Office as directed on the Application page of this web site. We are unable to accept on-line application submission at this time.
Updated: 10/01/2009
