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To be eligible for the 3+3 Accelerated Law Program, ������Ƶ students must demonstrate that by the end of the junior year (or its equivalent) that they have completed:

• at least 90 undergraduate credit hours;
  
• at least 17 semester hours of 300-level or above course work;
• all general education requirements;
• all major requirements, or that certain first-year law courses will count toward satisfying the major’s requirements;
• all Honors Program requirements, or that certain first-year law courses will count toward satisfying the Honors Program’s requirements, if the student is seeking to graduate as a University Honors Scholar; and
• all other graduation requirements.

Can I choose any major and graduate in 6 years with a bachelor’s degree and a J.D.?

Although any major is acceptable to law schools, in the case of ������Ƶ undergraduates considering the 3+3 Accelerated Law Program, majors that require 55 credit hours or fewer are best suited for the program.
 

How does the “math” work for ������Ƶ undergraduates for scheduling purposes?

120 total credit-hours needed for Bachelor’s degree; MINUS

30 credit-hours from the 1L curriculum (which would serve as the “area of focus”); EQUALS

90 credit-hours (left that a student would need to complete before entering Chase); MINUS 37 credit-hours for the ������Ƶ General Education requirements; EQUALS

53 credit-hours to be applied to the student’s undergraduate major (most majors have fewer than fifty-five required credit-hours) and electives.

������Ƶ Honors Students:

If the student is attempting to graduate as a University Honors Scholar, he or she must satisfy all Honors Program requirements by the time of enrollment in the first year of law school, or that certain first-year law courses will count toward satisfying the Honors Program’s requirements.

A student in the Honors Program will do the following to meet the 21 credit-hours of required courses:

1.  Take Honors 101 (fall of first year) (3 credits)

2.  Take two honors General Education courses (6 credits)

3.  Take one 300-level seminar (3 credits)

4.  Complete a six credit-hour capstone course (6 credits)

5.  Complete BLS-Writing (3 credits)

***Students with Advanced Placement credits and/or ������Ƶ Student Scholar credits will have more flexibility to satisfy the ������Ƶ requirements.

Who should I contact for advising?
 

Contact ������Ƶ's Arts and Sciences Advising Center at 859-572-5494 or COASAdvising@nku.edu.

If the student satisfies the academic requirements, he or she can apply for admission to ������Ƶ Chase under the 3+3 Accelerated Law Program prior to completion of the student’s junior year (or its equivalent).

Students interested in the 3+3 Accelerated Law Program are encouraged to apply no later than March 15 of the junior year (or its equivalent).

Applicants must:

• Take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) for the first time no later than February of the junior year;
• Submit a certification from the Arts and Sciences Advising Center that the 3+3 Accelerated Law Programs academic requirements have been met;
  
• Interview with an ������Ƶ Chase admissions counselor;
• Include two letters of recommendation from undergraduate faculty members; and
• Complete all other ������Ƶ Chase admissions requirements.

Both at the time of application to the 3+3 Accelerated Law Program and at the end of the student’s junior year, a typical candidate for this program will have earned an undergraduate GPA of at least the median undergraduate GPA earned by the previous year’s entering class. Additionally, that candidate will have earned an LSAT score of at least the median LSAT score earned by the previous year’s entering class. ������Ƶ will evaluate the candidate’s highest LSAT score.

������Ƶ Chase reserves the right to withhold admission from students who have been subjected to academic or disciplinary actions by ������Ƶ, other educational or testing institutions, or governmental or administrative agencies (including any branch of the armed forces), or who have been charged with a crime other than a minor traffic violation.

3+3 students receive a bachelor’s degree upon the successful completion of the first year law school curriculum (2.000 law GPA or above). The J.D. will be awarded after the third year of law school. Courses taken at ������Ƶ Chase will not be used to calculate undergraduate GPA.

What happens if after three years of undergraduate study, I don’t get into ������Ƶ Chase College of Law?

Students who unsuccessfully apply for admission to ������Ƶ Chase under the 3+3 Accelerated Law Program are eligible to reapply in their senior year, and they will not be prejudiced by the fact that their earlier application was unsuccessful.

What happens if I don’t complete the six year 3+3 Accelerated Law Program?

An ������Ƶ undergraduate student who leaves ������Ƶ Chase for academic or other reasons before completion of the first-year law school curriculum may complete his or her undergraduate degree at ������Ƶ as if he or she had taken a leave of absence.