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Frequently Asked Questions
LexPostBacc is a deferred admission program that provides law schools with a means of broadening access to legal education for promising applicants who may need additional preparation and exposure prior to starting law school. During the 2023-2024 admission cycle, participating law schools will be able to offer admission, deferred to Fall 2025, to applicants, conditioned on the applicants’ completion of the LexPostBacc curriculum.
From July 2024 through June 2025, LexPostBacc Scholars will be exposed to a rigorous law school prep curriculum that will focus on LSAT preparation, building analytical and critical thinking skills and financial education and literacy. The curriculum will require participants to spend about 10 hours per week completing exercises, tasks and assessments.
To participate in LexPostBacc, applicants must:
- Be referred by a participating law school
- Discuss in their law school application or supplemental materials “how race affected [their] life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise” and how those experiences are “tied to a quality of character or unique ability” that the applicant would bring to the learning environment. (Quoted language taken from the majority opinion in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc.)
- Applicants who do not engage in this discussion, but are members of either (or both) of the following groups are also eligible to participate:
- First-generation bachelor’s degree graduate
- Pell Grant recipient as an undergraduate
- Applicants who do not engage in this discussion, but are members of either (or both) of the following groups are also eligible to participate:
- Possess a bachelor’s degree or will receive a bachelor’s degree by August 2024
- Have an LSAT score no higher than the 25th percentile among the national pool of test takers (as reflected on the CAS report)
- Have not previously enrolled in a J.D. program at an ABA-approved law school
- Commit to enroll at the referring law school, upon successful completion of the program
The 25th percentile LSAT cap is based on the pool of all LSAT takers nationally. The cap ranges from 144 to 146, based on the specific test administration. Any score at or below this level meets the test score criterion. A test taker’s score percentile is provided on the CAS report.
There are no program costs for law schools or the applicants they refer.
No. At this time, only aspiring law students who have been referred by a law school may participate in LexPostBacc. Others should consider our LexPreLaw program.
Law school applicants who have been referred to LexPostBacc must submit the LexPostBacc Application by the stipulated deadline. Once their eligibility is verified, applicants will be required to sign a LexPostBacc Participation Agreement, certifying that they are no longer pursuing admission to other law schools and will not submit any new law school applications in the future.
LexPostBacc offers a pathway to law school admission for promising applicants who may have difficulty otherwise gaining admission. Program participants, called Scholars, will be exposed to a rigorous year-long law school prep curriculum premised on increasing their odds of law school success. Participants will also receive generous financial support. Referring law schools will offer participants a renewable scholarship of at least 20% of tuition. AccessLex will offer participants a $3,500 stipend, payable over their course of law school study.
Deferred admission offers made as part of LexPostBacc are binding, once accepted. Applicants will be required to sign a program participation agreement that certifies that the applicant will attend the law school that made the deferred admission offer and will not seek admission elsewhere for at least 18 months.
No. Deferred admission offers made as part of LexPostBacc are conditioned on applicants successfully completing the program. Therefore, failure to complete the program invalidates the offer.