LSAT/LSDAS Registration
LSAT | LSDAS | Transcripts | Foreign Transcripts
All law school applicants must register for and take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), and register with the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). Registration for the LSAT and LSDAS can be done separately or concurrently; the same form is used for both. Two copies of the registration form are included in each LSAC Registration and Information Book, available at law school admissions offices, undergraduate placement offices, or from LSAC.
LSAC
662 Penn Street
Newtown, PA 18940
215.968.1001
www.lsac.org.
Law School Admission Test (LSAT)
The LSAT is offered four times each year (October, December, February, and June) at more than 100 examination centers around the world. We strongly recommend that applicants take the test by October (or December, at the latest) of the calendar year prior to the year in which admission is sought. For example, applicants to Michigan’s entering class of 2010 should take the LSAT by October or December 2009. Applicants who submit scores from the February 2010 test may hinder their chances of admission because their applications will not be completed until late in our cycle. During the 2009–10 admissions season, applicants must submit a score from the June 2004 test or later.
Registration with Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS)
Your LSDAS registration directs LSAC to compile a number of LSDAS reports to be sent, upon request, to the law schools to which you apply. LSDAS reports include an undergraduate academic summary, all LSAT scores and writing samples, and copies of all U.S. or Canadian transcripts submitted to LSDAS. Applicants who are reapplying to the University of Michigan Law School must be registered with LSDAS even if they do not intend to retake the LSAT.
LSDAS
Box 2000-M
662 Penn Street
Newtown, PA 18940
Transcripts
Applicants must submit transcripts to LSDAS from every undergraduate college or university they have attended in the United States and Canada. These transcripts must be requested by the applicant and sent directly from all undergraduate institutions to LSDAS. LSDAS will summarize the transcripts and send a summary report, as well as copies of all transcripts, to each law school to which application is made.
Applicants who have completed graduate work in the United States or Canada must provide official graduate school transcripts. These transcripts must be sent directly from the graduate institution either to the Law School or to LSDAS.
We allow, but do not require, that you submit foreign transcripts for any postsecondary work outside the United States (including its territories) or Canada through the LSAC JD Credential Assembly Service. This service is included in the LSDAS subscription fee. Should you choose to use JD-CAS, a Foreign Credential Evaluation will be completed by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), which will be incorporated into your LSDAS report. To use JD-CAS, log in to your online account and follow the instructions for registering for the service. Be sure to print out a Transcript Request Form for each institution and send it promptly to them. Questions about the JD Credential Assembly Service can be directed to LSAC at 215.968.1001 or lascinfo@lsac.org.
Alternatively, official transcripts of postsecondary work done outside the United States and Canada may be requested by the applicant and sent directly from the foreign college or university to the University of Michigan Law School Admissions Office.
Be aware that there can be significant delays in processing foreign transcript requests. If you completed foreign work through a study abroad, consortium, or exchange program sponsored by a U.S. or Canadian institution, and the credits for that work are clearly indicated as such on the home campus transcript, you do not need to provide copies of the foreign transcript, either through JD-CAS or directly to Michigan Law School.