Application
Albany Law School’s online graduate programs represent a unique opportunity to tailor your academic journey to fit your life. With accelerated 7-week sessions, balancing your studies with personal and professional commitments is entirely achievable. You can choose to dive right in or take a session off when necessary. Our rolling admissions process means you can apply at any time, and with six enrolling terms each year, you have the flexibility to choose the term that works best for you. We strongly encourage you to submit your completed application by our priority deadlines to maximize your preparation time. This gives you ample opportunity to set up your finances, review scholarships, and prepare for the exciting start of your classes.
The Albany Law School admissions team is dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. If you have any questions during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are here to guide you and ensure a smooth application journey, giving you the confidence to take the next step in your academic career.
Application Requirements
Application packages are considered complete and will be reviewed when all of the following are submitted:
- Completed online application
- Resume
- Statement of Interest answering the following:
- Why have you chosen Albany Law School and this particular program of study?
- How will your selected program of study advance your career objectives?
- How will your contributions as a student enhance the overall learning community?
- One letter of recommendation (maximum of two) from faculty, supervisor, or client who can address the applicant's academic and intellectual abilities.
- Transcripts are required from all colleges, professional or technical, and law schools you have attended.
- LL.M. degree programs require that all applicants have already earned a JD or LLB degree.
- M.S. and Advanced Certificate programs require that all applications have already earned a Bachelor's degree.
- Any transcripts from an education institution outside of the United States must be authenticated and evaluated.
How to Apply
Applicants may apply through the Albany Law School website or LSAC.org.
Albany Law School Online Graduate Application Portal
- Start your application: apply.albanylaw.edu/apply
- To start your online graduate application, you will need to create an account using an email address and password. Once this is created, it will be associated with all Albany Law applications. Please be sure that the email address you use for this account is active for the duration of the application cycle. You can partially complete an application and save it to be finalized later.
- Upload the required documents
- Resume
- Statement of Interest
- Please provide the contact information of your recommender(s). An email will automatically be sent to the email address you provide.
- Complete and Submit your application
- Pay application fee
- A nonrefundable application fee of $50 is required
- Fee waivers may be requested once an application has been started
- Request all transcripts to be sent electronically to Albany Law School (graduateadmissions@albanylaw.edu) from each institution attended.
- Please get in touch with graduateadmissions@albanylaw.edu if your school does not provide electronic transcripts. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted.
- International transcripts must be evaluated and sent through WES electronically.
- Review Status and Decision
- Throughout the admission process, you can log in to your student status portal for application updates. Once an admission decision has been rendered, you will be notified to log in to your student status portal.
- Create LSAC LLM Account
- Start your application
- Upload Resume and Statement of Interest
- Request letters of recommendation -Add the recommenders to your account. They can upload their letter into your account or mail it to LSAC. Please make sure to assign your letters to the schools that you select.
- Submit your application
- Request transcripts to be sent to LSAC through the LSAC Credential Assembly Service
- Transcripts from an educational institution outside the United States must be authenticated and evaluated. International transcripts require additional authentication and evaluation using the International Transcript Authentication and Evaluation Service (ITAES) through LSAC. This service will incur a fee.
- Pay LSAC fees. Non-refundable fees for CAS Report, Electronic Application Service (EAPS), and Document Assembly Service(DAS) are required. Please note that these fees are not charged by Albany Law School. Fee waivers are not available for LSAC fees.
- Review status and decision
- Throughout the admission process, you can log in to your student status portal for application updates. Once an admission decision has been rendered, you will be notified to log in to your student status portal.
Transfer Credit
- Up to 9 credits may be transferred into the M.S. or LL.M. program. A course is only potentially eligible for transfer if at least an equivalent of a 3.0 grade was earned and the course was taken relatively recently at an Eligible Institution. A course taken at an Eligible Institution will be eligible for transfer credit if it is deemed functionally equivalent to a course offered within the relevant subject matter degree concentration taken by the student.
- Students who have previously earned credits at an Eligible Institution may receive an evaluation of their transcripts to determine the number of credit hours and required courses for which they will receive transfer credit by submitting a transfer credit request form, with all required supporting documentation. No transfer credit request will be processed without submittal of a written transfer request form.
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Accreditation
Albany Law School is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the American Bar Association (which accredits only J.D. programs).
Contact Us
Albany Law Graduate Admissions
graduateadmissions@albanylaw.edu
518-445-2365
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