LSAC Services For You
What is the LSAC?
LSAC stands for the Law School Admission Council. It is a nonprofit corporation whose members consist of more than 200 law schools across the United States and Canada.
The LSAC was founded in 1947 on the basis of coordinating, facilitating and enhancing the law school admissions process.
The LSAC is best known for administering the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
The LSAC administers the LSAT four times a year at designated centers throughout the world. For more information regarding the LSAT visit our page on Preparing for the LSAT.
If you create an account with the LSAC you have the opportunity to authorize the release of information about yourself to eligible law schools and organizations.
Law schools use LSAC's Candidate Referral Service (CRS) to search for potential applicants. A law school may contact you with information about their program or they may invite to apply.
Each year in nine major cities across the nation the LSAC sponsors Law School Forums.
At the forums students are able to meet face-to-face with admission professionals, prelaw advisors, and law students and collect admission materials, catalogs, and financial aid information.
The LSAC also publishes a variety of materials to help prospective law students with test preparation and law school guides.
Once you have activated an account with LSAC you are able to sign up for the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS)
LSDAS
The LSDAS centralizes and standardizes your undergraduate academic records to simplify the law school admission process.
Nearly all ABA-approved schools, and some non-ABA-approved schools, require that applicants use this service.
The LSDAS prepares a report for each law school to which you apply. The report contains the following information:
- an undergraduate academic summary
- copies of all undergraduate, graduate, and law/professional school transcripts
- LSAT scores and writing sample copies
- copies of letters of recommendation processed by LSAC
Here are a few facts about the LSDAS:
- You do not need to register for the LSDAS at the same time you register for the LSAT
- You should register at least 4-6 before your first application deadline. it takes approximately 2 weeks to process a transcript from the time it is received
- Law school application fees are not included in LSDAS registration fees
- It is your responsibility to have an official copy of your transcripts sent to LSAC directly form the registrar for every institution you have attended
- Transcripts should be mailed to the following address:
LSDAS
Box 2000-M
Newtown, PA
18490-0993 - You will need to order a report for each school to which you apply. reports are 12$ each
- You do not need to inform LSAC of the schools to which you want your reports sent. Once you apply the law school will request your report directly from LSAC
- Once all of your undergraduate transcripts are summarized, you can go online to view your Academic Summary Report
- Grades are converted by LSAC to a standard 4.0 system in order to furnish law schools with a uniform basis for comparing applicants
All of the above information was provided by the LSAC.