Brooklyn Law School

Length is stated two different ways by the school and the two disagree at the low end: the Fall 2027 application instructions say 'approximately two to three double-spaced pages,' while the JD application page's document checklist says 'Personal statement (1-3 pages in length).' Both cap at three pages, so page_limit is 3; a one-page statement is within the web page's range but under the instructions' guidance. No font or margin specification is published. Brooklyn publishes no separate 'why Brooklyn' essay prompt — the personal statement itself is the place the school asks about interest in legal education and fit with its community. Generative AI is addressed rather than banned outright: 'All written submissions must accurately reflect the applicant's own experiences, judgment, and writing. Applicants remain fully responsible for the originality and accuracy of all materials submitted. Undisclosed or inappropriate use of generative artificial intelligence or other third-party assistance in preparing required written submissions may be considered a violation of these application instructions.' Reapplicants need not submit a new personal statement — 'While it is not necessary to submit a new Personal Statement or copies of the same letters of recommendation already in the prior file, you are asked to update your file with any new relevant information' (brooklaw.edu/admissions/apply/flexible-jd/).

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Brooklyn calls this the 'Lived Experience Statement.' Optional; the school neither encourages nor discourages it beyond listing it. No length limit, formatting requirement, or further prompt text is published — the sentence quoted above is the entire published description, from the Personal Statement and Optional Materials section of the Fall 2027 application instructions. The JD application page's document checklist lists 'Optional Essay submissions' generically without naming or describing them (brooklaw.edu/admissions/apply/flexible-jd/); the instructions PDF is the only place the optional writing is itemized, and it names exactly two things: this statement and brief addenda. No separate optional essay beyond those two is recorded here because none is published.

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Two separate invitations, neither with a published length limit. (1) Optional addenda, from the Fall 2027 application instructions: applicants may submit 'brief addenda explaining circumstances that may assist the Admissions Committee in evaluating the application, such as academic performance, standardized test scores, interruptions in education, or employment history.' (2) Character and fitness — required when triggered: the JD application page's list of required documents includes 'Explanation, if needed, to affirmative responses to Character and Fitness-related questions' (brooklaw.edu/admissions/apply/flexible-jd/), and the same page warns that at bar admission 'a copy of your law school admission application and supplementary materials will be forwarded to the State Committee on Character and Fitness. You will be held accountable for any inconsistencies and non-disclosures.' Separately, and not an addendum in the usual sense, a Letter of Standing is required from any other law school attended: 'If you attended another law school, even for a single day, and whether or not you are applying as a transfer student, you must submit a Letter of Standing from that other law school.' Applicants also carry a continuing duty to notify the Office of Admissions of material changes after submission, including academic or disciplinary action, criminal charges or convictions, changes affecting degree completion, findings of academic misconduct, and significant changes in employment or military status.

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'Brooklyn Law School requires two letters of recommendation. The Admissions Committee will consider up to four letters of recommendation. Applicants that are currently enrolled in a degree program or who have recently graduated from a degree program should provide at minimum one faculty letter of recommendation.' Applicants out of school for several years or more 'can ask an employer or other individual who knows your intellectual abilities to provide one of these letters,' though the school says 'we are primarily interested in an evaluator's judgment about your potential for academic success in law school' and the Fall 2027 instructions add that 'academic recommendations remain preferred whenever possible.' Additional letters beyond two should be sent only 'when the additional submissions will provide a different insight or perspective into your academic abilities'; 'Do not submit duplicate letters.' Submission: the school 'strongly suggests' the LSAC CAS Letter of Recommendation Service, already included in the CAS registration fee; alternatively letters may be submitted by the applicant or forwarded directly by the writers to the Office of Admissions, in which case candidates should use the Brooklyn Law School Faculty Recommendation Form (brooklaw.edu/media/lbgfbouh/faculty-recommendation-form.pdf) unless the letters come from the undergraduate school's own credential services office accompanied by a waiver form. Terminology wrinkle: the Application Review section of the same page describes a complete file as including 'two Faculty Evaluations,' which appears to be legacy wording for the two required letters — every other passage on the site and in the instructions says 'letters of recommendation' and requires a faculty letter only of current students and recent graduates. Transfer applicants must provide letters and are encouraged but not required to use law school faculty; visiting students need not provide any.

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'Brooklyn Law School requires two letters of recommendation. The Admissions Committee will consider up to four letters of recommendation. Applicants that are currently enrolled in a degree program or who have recently graduated from a degree program should provide at minimum one faculty letter of recommendation.' Applicants out of school for several years or more 'can ask an employer or other individual who knows your intellectual abilities to provide one of these letters,' though the school says 'we are primarily interested in an evaluator's judgment about your potential for academic success in law school' and the Fall 2027 instructions add that 'academic recommendations remain preferred whenever possible.' Additional letters beyond two should be sent only 'when the additional submissions will provide a different insight or perspective into your academic abilities'; 'Do not submit duplicate letters.' Submission: the school 'strongly suggests' the LSAC CAS Letter of Recommendation Service, already included in the CAS registration fee; alternatively letters may be submitted by the applicant or forwarded directly by the writers to the Office of Admissions, in which case candidates should use the Brooklyn Law School Faculty Recommendation Form (brooklaw.edu/media/lbgfbouh/faculty-recommendation-form.pdf) unless the letters come from the undergraduate school's own credential services office accompanied by a waiver form. Terminology wrinkle: the Application Review section of the same page describes a complete file as including 'two Faculty Evaluations,' which appears to be legacy wording for the two required letters — every other passage on the site and in the instructions says 'letters of recommendation' and requires a faculty letter only of current students and recent graduates. Transfer applicants must provide letters and are encouraged but not required to use law school faculty; visiting students need not provide any.

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A 'Current résumé' is listed among the required application materials in the Fall 2027 application instructions, and 'Resume' heads the list of additional documents on the JD application page. No page limit, format, or content guidance is published — recorded as the school's silence, not as an absence of a limit. The personal statement is expected to 'complement—not simply repeat—the information contained in your résumé.' Reapplicants must update the file with a current résumé even though a new personal statement is not required.

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'Each applicant must register with the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS)... You are urged to do so by January 1 of the year you plan to enter law school. Early Decision applicants will need to do so during the fall.' A CAS Report is part of a complete application, and 'It is the responsibility of the applicant to make certain that a transcript from each college or university attended is sent to the Credential Assembly Service.' CAS subscriptions are valid five years. Eligibility: applicants must hold, or expect to earn before enrollment, a bachelor's degree — the JD page phrases it as 'a bachelor's degree at a college or university approved by the New York State Education Department prior to matriculation,' the instructions more broadly as 'from an institution recognized by the appropriate governmental authority or accrediting agency.' Applicants must be at least 18. Foreign credentials must go through CAS for AACRAO authentication and evaluation, folded into the CAS report; the only exception is foreign coursework completed through a study-abroad, consortium, or exchange program sponsored by a U.S. or Canadian institution and clearly indicated as such on the home campus transcript (brooklaw.edu/admissions/apply/international/). Neither the JD page, the international-students page, nor the Fall 2027 instructions mentions a TOEFL or IELTS requirement — recorded as silence, not as a statement that none exists. Applicants who are neither U.S. citizens nor permanent residents must also complete an International Student Questionnaire; the JD page says the application 'will be considered incomplete, and no action will be taken, without the receipt of a properly executed Questionnaire,' while the international-students page says it is required 'before matriculating.' Reapplicants must supply a newly issued CAS Law School Report; a copy of a previous report will not be accepted.

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'All applicants are required to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)... The Admissions Committee has no preference between the LSAT or the GRE and will accept either test score.' Scores must be from within the previous five years. Timing: the JD page says 'it is strongly recommended that the LSAT be taken by the January test date for purposes of admission the following fall. However, Brooklyn Law School will consider for admission in the fall those candidates who sit for the March and June LSAT'; the Fall 2027 instructions phrase the same guidance around the test date rather than the calendar — 'Applicants are strongly encouraged to complete testing no later than the February administration in order to receive full consideration during the admissions cycle. Later test administrations may be considered while seats remain available in the entering class.' Early Decision applicants must take the LSAT no later than the November administration or submit a valid GRE score by December 1. An application may be submitted before a score exists — 'you do not need a reportable LSAT or GRE score at the time that you submit an application for admission to Brooklyn Law School, but... no admission decision can be made until we have received one' — and applicants awaiting a future LSAT should request a hold of review on Question 9. Disclosure: 'Applicants submitting LSAT scores must disclose all LSAT administrations. Applicants submitting GRE scores must provide all GRE scores earned within the previous five years. Failure to disclose prior GRE scores may result in rescission of an offer of admission.' GRE-only applicants must obtain an LSAC waiver to transmit a CAS report, issued automatically when the application indicates GRE-only, and must have ETS send scores directly using institution code 2690. The site says nothing about how multiple LSAT scores are treated (highest vs. average) and nothing about JD-Next; the 2025 ABA Standard 509 report shows the school reporting LSAT and GRE only, with no JD-Next column.

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Conditional, not universal, and the two published statements of the trigger differ. JD application page: 'If you answered "yes" to questions 1, 2, or 3 in the Character and Fitness section, you are required to submit a Dean's Certification Form. It is not intended as a letter of recommendation, but is an assurance of good conduct and to confirm the facts detailed by an applicant. Simply send the form to the office that oversees student records and ask them to complete and return the form to the Office of Admissions via email at admitq@brooklaw.edu.' Fall 2027 application instructions, more loosely: 'Applicants who have been subject to academic or disciplinary action at a college, university, graduate school, or law school may be required to submit a Dean's Certification Form. When required, the completed certification must be sent directly to the Office of Admissions by the institution.' The form is at brooklaw.edu/media/0qfbi13b/deans-certification-form.pdf. Both the JD page checklist and the instructions' required-materials list include it with the qualifier 'if necessary' / 'when required.'

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No evaluative interview in the ordinary course, but not a flat 'never.' The Fall 2027 application instructions state: 'Brooklyn Law School does not conduct evaluative admissions interviews.' The JD application page is slightly more qualified: 'The number of applicants to Brooklyn Law School prevents us from scheduling evaluative interviews. We welcome prospective students to visit us throughout the cycle where they can interact with current students and admissions staff. Please note that conversations with an admissions staff will be informational only. In certain circumstances, the Admissions Committee may invite a candidate for an interview, however applicants may not request to be interviewed by the Committee.' So: applicant-initiated interviews are impossible, campus conversations are non-evaluative, and a committee-initiated interview is possible but undescribed — no format, timing, or frequency is published.

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There is no application fee. The JD application page states plainly: 'Brooklyn Law School does not charge an application fee.' The school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report confirms it, listing 'Application fee: None' (brooklaw.edu/media/4wanc4h3/std509inforeport_2025.pdf). Because no fee is charged, no fee-waiver policy is published and none is needed. Not to be confused with the post-admission payments, which do exist: a $300 initial seat deposit plus a nonrefundable $25 matriculation fee due April 15, and a $600 tuition down payment due June 1, both deposits credited toward first-term tuition.

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