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Early Entry Program

The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Early Entry (sometimes called 3+3) law program offers highly motivated undergraduate students at partner institutions an opportunity to enroll in law school after their undergraduate junior year. Early entry allows students to forgo their senior year and earn two degrees in as few as six years.

Early Entry at UBalt

UBalt undergraduates admitted as early entry will be able to pay the undergraduate tuition rate for their first year of law school rather than the higher law school tuition rate -- if, and only if, they are applying for Early Entry as a UBalt undergraduate student who entered UBalt as a freshman and remained continuously enrolled. This benefit can save a student $20,000 or more over the course of law school. Students that transferred into UBalt will pay the law school rate for their entire law school career but will be eligible for a merit-based scholarship for their first year of law school.
Learn more through the UBalt Pre-Law Program

early entry Partner Institutions

How the Program Works

Students follow specific curriculum plans for early entry law at the partner undergraduate institution. Interested students are encouraged to contact the appropriate advisor early in their undergraduate careers. Students must obtain approval for early entry from their undergraduate institution prior to submitting a law application. Applicants must complete all application requirements for the school of law by February 15 of their junior year.

Applications will be reviewed under one of two application review processes.*

Early Presumptive Admissions Process:
Students who meet the Early Automatic Admission criteria will be automatically admitted to the University of Baltimore School of Law. The criteria are:
- Have a cumulative cross-institutional grade point average of 3.5 or better as computed by the Law School Admissions Council Credential Assembly Service and have an LSAT score of 152 or higher or,
- Have a cumulative cross-institutional grade point average of 3.2 or better as computed by the Law School Admissions Council Credential Assembly Service and have an LSAT score of 154 or higher.
- Any applicant with an affirmative answer to one of the character and fitness questions on the law school application will not receive automatic admissions. Instead, their application will be reviewed under the existing rolling admissions process.
Rolling Admissions Process:
Students who do not meet the criteria for Early Presumptive Admission will be reviewed by the School of Law in the same manner as any applicant applying for rolling admission.

*Criteria for Early Presumptive Admissions are only effective for the current application year. Criteria are revised each year to ensure they are appropriate for admission and to assure they are aligned with current admission practices allowed under standards approved by the American Bar Association.

Important Information for Early Entry Admitted Students

Admitted early entry students should take part in all admission events for admitted applicants to learn more about what UBalt Law has to offer. This includes class visits, tours, and special events. As with all new law students, early entry students will be required to submit a seat deposit by the deadline.
Early entry students will be enrolled in first-semester classes by the school of law.
Early entry students must supply a letter from their academic advisor at their undergraduate institution acknowledging that they have completed all undergraduate requirements necessary for participation in the early entry program. Documentation must be submitted by October 1 of the first year of law school. Per ABA policy, students who do not submit appropriate documentation will be withdrawn from law school.
Early entry students will pay law school tuition rates except as noted above.
Upon successful completion of 30 law school credits, the credits earned will be counted towards the J.D. degree and the undergraduate degree. The J.D. credits will transfer back to the undergraduate institution. Students must request that a law school transcript be sent to their undergraduate institution. Students must also complete a graduation application for the undergraduate degree to be conferred. Students are then required to submit a final transcript from the undergraduate institution indicating that a bachelor’s degree has been conferred.