Get a head start on your law career

The Pacific Legal Advantage Program is a seven-unit undergraduate program designed to expose students to the legal field and prepare them for the rigors of law school. Qualified students can earn a bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor (JD) in six years (3+3 track) or seven years (4+3 track). Students in both the 3+3 and 4+3 tracks are guaranteed admission into McGeorge School of Law as long as they meet the median LSAT score and GPA of the previous entering class.


Program Criteria for Freshmen

  • 3+3 track — 3.5 GPA and 1320 SAT (30 ACT)
  • 4+3 track — 3.5 GPA and 1250 SAT (28 ACT)
  • SAT-based on Math + Critical Reading only
  • GPA is cumulative and un-weighted

Students in the accelerated (3+3) track must attend McGeorge School of Law, where they will finish their bachelor's degree after completing their first year at McGeorge School of Law.

  • High-unit majors are not recommended for the 3+3 track. These majors include engineering, international studies, business, graphic design and music.
  • Students in the 3+3 track can decelerate to the 4+3 track at any time.

Students who are eligible and wish to apply should indicate Pacific Legal Advantage as a "pre-professional program" on their application to the University of the Pacific or contact the Program Director or Outreach Coordinator for the next steps in the application process.

McGeorge School of Law Direct Admission (Pacific Legal Advantage LSAT Waiver Pathway)

Direct Admission is open to high-achieving Pacific Legal Advantage students who complete the PLA requirements and have:

  1. scored at or above the 85th percentile on the ACT or SAT; and
  2. achieved an LSAC-cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.5+; and
  3. are either attending Pacific or within twelve months of their Pacific degree conferral at the time of their application to McGeorge.

Direct Admission applicants who have not taken the LSAT and who meet the applicable conditions stated above will be considered until they constitute 10 percent of that school year’s McGeorge’s incoming class.*

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 normal admissions process.

 

 

* All applicants to McGeorge through this pathway must also meet McGeorge’s character and fitness requirements for law school as determined by McGeorge Admissions Office and faculty.


Contact Us

Dan Croxall, Director of Program and Professor of Law
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