Why Join Pacific Legal Advantage?
Gain an edge in law school when you prepare with the Pacific Legal Advantage Program. This is an immersive, seven-unit program designed to expose students to the legal field and prepare them for the rigors of law school.
How to Apply
Please review the application criteria below to determine if you are eligible to apply. If you are eligible and wish to apply, you should indicate Pacific Legal Advantage as a "pre-professional program" on your application to the university or contact the coordinator, Alex Leforestier, at aleforestier@pacific.edu for the next steps in the application process.
McGeorge Promise
University of the Pacific is pleased to offer students in the Legal Advantage program three guaranteed pathways to admission to Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law.
- LSAT waiver pathway: 3.8 cumulative undergraduate GPA and must be attending Pacific or within 12 months of Pacific degree conferral at time of application to McGeorge. (Limited to 10% of the admitted class. Pending character & fitness requirements. Open to all Pacific students)
- LSAT waiver pathway: 3.6 cumulative undergrad GPA & 85% on the ACT/SAT (Limited to 10% of the admitted class. Pending character & fitness requirements. Open to PLA students only)
- LSAT required pathway: 3.6 undergrad GPA & 157 LSAT (Limited to 10% of the admitted class. Pending character & fitness requirements. Open to all Pacific students)
- Applicants who take the LSAT at any time prior to matriculation at McGeorge are ineligible for admission under the Direct Admission LSAT Waiver program and will be reconsidered for admission through the LSAT required pathway or normal admissions process.
Application and Selection Process
Students will graduate with the degree of their choice. They will complete seven units of required Pacific Legal Advantage curriculum, through a 3+3 or 4+3 track, in addition to their major and general education.
- First-year students and sophomores only (fewer than 60 transferrable units)
- High school transcripts are considered for those with fewer than 30 units
- Consideration for the 3+3 track is on a case-by-case basis
- Indicate Pacific Legal Advantage as a "pre-professional program" on your application to the University or contact the Outreach Coordinator
- Respond to an email or mailing from the program
- 7-unit program
- Three 1-unit seminar course taught by McGeorge Law School professors
- One 4-unit upper division law course (applied as an elective)
- Attendance and participation at 5 official Legal Advantage events. Events include but are not limited to:
- On-campus speaker events
- Field trips to court houses, law firms, McGeorge campus, etc.
- Social networking with local lawyers and law students
- Shadowing a local attorney for the day
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