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Application for Admission - 2004-2005


Application as:

First Year student: Fall term
Reactivation
Transfer Student: Term:
Visiting Student: Term:
Twenty credit student:
   Term: (Only for students with foreign law degrees who wish to qualify for the bar exam)
Pace University School of  Law
78 North Broadway
White Plains, New York 10603
Admissions
Telephone: (914) 422-4210
Fax: (914) 422-4010

Application to enter:

Three-year J.D. (full-time) day program*
Four-year J.D. (part-time) program*
Day part-time
Evening part-time

* If the program you have checked is closed at the time your application is processed, do you wish to be considered for the alternate division?

Yes No

Fill Out All Questions Or Type N/A


1. Name: Male  Female
Last Name       First Name       Middle Initial   

2. Social Security Number: (i.e 123456789 no spaces)

3. Are you at least 18 years of age? Yes No     
Birthdate (Example: 8/27/75) (optional)

4. Present Mailing Address:
Number and Street
City State Zip
Home Telephone: (Example: 9144224210 - no dashes please)
Work Telephone: (Example: 9144224210 - no dashes please)

Date when current address no longer applies:  (Example: 05/02/02 or leave blank)

If we contact you at your business, may we identify ourselves as calling from Pace University School of Law?
Yes No

5. Permanent Address:
Number and Street
City State Zip
Home Telephone (Example: 9144224210 - no dashes please) E-Mail Address

6. Are you a U.S. Citizen  Yes No
Are you a permanent resident of the U.S.?  Yes No
If you answered NO to either of the above questions, your must complete the Foreign Student Questionnaire.

7. If any member of your family has attended Pace Law School, please list their name and date of graduation:

List the name, address and home and business phone numbers of a person through whom you can be reached:
Name  :             Address  :       
Home Phone  : 
(Example 9144224210 - no dashes please)
Business Phone  : 
(Example: 9144224210 - no dashes please)

Name  :             Address  :       
Home Phone  : 
(Example 9144224210 - no dashes please)
Business Phone  :  
(Example 9144224210 - no dashes please)


8. Please complete the following summary of your academic history in chronological sequence.  This form must be completed in its entirety.  Make sure you scroll over to the left in order to see all the fields.
Secondary School:
Name of Secondary School Year Degree Awarded

College(s) and/or Universities:
NOTE: In this case, please put the name of the degree granting school first, even if it is out of chronological order.

Name of Degree Granting College or University Dates of attendance     
Degree or Expected Degree     Date Degree (to be) Awarded (example: 05/02, month/year) Study Major                 

List all non-degree colleges or universities by name, college code and dates attended.

Graduate and/or Law School(s):

Name of Graduate and/or Law School
Degree            

Name of Graduate and/or Law School
Degree            



9. Are you currently enrolled in the Pace University MBA or MPA program or MEM with Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Science? If so, please indicate which one and how many credits you have completed to date, and if you you are seeking entrance into the joint degree(s) program.

10. Use this Addendum on Extracurricular Activities form to describe, if you wish, any or all extracurricular or community activities which were important to you.  Indicate your contribution to each activity. We are primarily concerned with those which demonstrate your leadership, communication, and creative thinking abilities as well as your initiative. In addition, please provide the name, address and telephone number of a reference that can verify the information provided.

11. List any academic honors, awards, prizes or other recognition you have received:


12. As an undergraduate, were you employed during the school year? If so where?

No of hours per week      Fr. Year: Soph. Year Jr. Year Sr. Year
Position(s) Held

13. (Optional)Please state your last four positions (paid or volunteer) of full or part-time employment, including summer employment.  You may in addition to, or in place of the following, submit a current resume.  There cannot be any missing or unexplained time periods in our reviewing of items 8-13.

Dates of Employment Position Held
Name of employer
Dates of Employment Position Held
Name of employer
Dates of Employment Position Held
Name of employer

14. Have you ever applied for admission to this law school? Yes No
If so, what was the result and in what year(s)?

15. Have you ever been enrolled (registered) in another law school? Yes No
School Name

Dates of Attendance

to

Are you eligible to return to the above law school?

Yes No

If not eligible, briefly state the reason(s) why you are ineligible on this Law School Ineligibility Explanation form.

16. Have you ever attended a Conditional Admissions Program sponsored by a law school?

Yes No

School Name

Dates of Attendance

to


17. Has your college, university, graduate or professional school course been interrupted for one or more terms for any reason? (Interruptions between the end of one degree program and the beginning of another need not be explained)

Yes No


18. Are there any disciplinary charges pending against you?

Yes No


19. Have you ever been placed on academic probation during your college, university, graduate or professional coursework?

Yes No


20. Have you ever been placed on academic and/or disciplinary probation for actions arising from allegations of academic dishonesty, plagiarism, cheating, during your college, university, graduate or professional coursework?

Yes No


21. Have you ever been disciplined, reprimanded, suspended, expelled or asked to resign or withdraw from any such institution in time to avoid discipline, reprimand, suspension, expulsion or request to resign for conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit? Yes No


22. Have you ever been arrested, charged, or held by Federal, State or other law enforcement authorities for any violation of any Federal or State law, or any county or municipal law, regulation or ordinance? (Do not include any misdemeanor before your 16th birthday or traffic violations for which the fine was $100 or less.) Yes No


23. Are there any criminal charges against pending against you?

Yes No


24. Have you ever been disciplined, reprimanded, or suspended in any job for conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, deceit, or any violation of Federal or State laws or regulations?

Yes No


25. Have you ever been fired or discharged from any job, or have been asked to resign or quit for conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, deceit or any violation of Federal or State laws or regulations?

Yes No


26. Have you ever resigned or quit a job when you were under investigation or inquiry for conduct which could have been considered as involving dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, deceit or any violation of Federal or State laws or regulations, or after receiving notice or been advised of possible investigation, inquiry, or disciplinary action for such conduct?

Yes No

NOTE: Admission to law school does not mean that you will meet the character and fitness requirements for admission to the bar of any state.  If you are concerned as to whether an event in your life will affect your eligibility for a license to practice law you should discuss the matter with the Board of Bar Examiners in the state(s) where you plan to practice.

If your answer to any of questions 15-26 is "yes", please explain fully on a supplemental sheet.

27. Please indicate when you took (or plan to take) the Law School Admissions Test

Date(s)

(Example: 05/02, month/year)

Score(s)

28. Ethnic Status (Optional): In order to advance the affirmative action plan of the Law School and in accordance with the national goal of equal opportunity, please indicate your ethnic and /or racial background (E.E.O categories).  Please check one:

African-American Caucasian/White (non-Hispanic) Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic
Chicano/Mexican American Indian/Alaskan Native (Native American) Puerto Rican Other

29. Will you be applying to the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) program? (see description in instructions)

Yes No

30.  Two appraisals must be submitted on your behalf.  Please list the names, titles and addresses of those persons from whom you have requested an appraisal:

a. b.







31. Personal Statement:  On a separate form, please complete the required statement as described in the instructions to applicants. 

32. Please complete. Information regarding the status of my application may be released to the following individual(s).  If this section is left blank, information will not be released to anyone except the applicant. Final decisions are not released over the telephone to anyone.


Name


Relationship


Name


Relationship


33. Did you meet a representative of Pace University School of Law?

Yes No

LSAC Sponsored Law Forum
New York Atlanta Boston Dallas
Chicago Los Angeles Washington, D.C. San Francisco
Other:

34. If you are interested in information concerning a specific area of law, indicate below the area of interest:
Environmental Law Health Law International Law J.D./M.B.A.
J.D./M.P.A. J.D./M.E.M Social Justice Women's Justice
Land Use Law Other

35. (Optional) The Pace University School of Law has formed a Parent's Association designed to engage parents in the growth and advancement of the School of Law. If you think that your parents would be interested in receiving information from the School of Law, please complete the following information:
Fathers Name:  Occupation: 
Address:
Mother's Name:  Occupation: 
Address:

Please be sure that all of the Instructions to Applicants have been followed. An application will be considered only after it has been completed in full and the Office of Admissions has received all required documents.

I understand that, if I am admitted to the School of Law and register as a student, the School will retain this application and all supporting materials and may make them available to state bar character committees and I consent to such disclosure.

I certify that the information provided by me in this application is true and complete. From time of application through enrollment, I shall promptly advise the Office of Admissions of the School of Law in writing of any change in any of the facts indicated in this application. I understand that matriculation and attendance at any other law school (from time of application through enrollment) would render any offer of admission from Pace University School of Law void.

I understand that falsification of this application will be grounds for its denial, or if I am accepted, for dismissal from the School of Law.

I further agree and authorize Pace University to publish, for public relations purposes, any photographs in which I appear.

I understand that my admission to Pace University is a privilege and not a right and I agree that my admission, if granted, my registration and continuance on the rolls and graduation are subject to all policies, rules, regulations and procedures set forth in the current bulletins, catalogs, and other publications and notices of Pace University and as they may be amended and further, subject to the right of the authorities of Pace University to require my withdrawal for scholastic, disciplinary, or other reasons, under circumstances deemed sufficient by them.

Please check Yes if you agree and certify to all of the above

Yes No <<--- Check One

By Submitting this form you Certify that all the above answers are correct.
We Suggest that you print this form out before sending. You will not receive a copy of this application.


This Cold Fusion Form was written by Jeff Wahl For Pace University