University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

UIC CALLS IT A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE and sets a range rather than a ceiling: 'Statements of Purpose should be clear and concise, and 2-4 double-spaced pages in length.' page_limit records the top of that range, 4; note that the bottom of the range is also a published expectation, so a one-page statement is short of what the school asked for. NO TOPIC IS ASSIGNED, and the school says so: 'While a writing topic is not specified, applicants are encouraged to include examples of leadership, community involvement, talents, and achievements. The Statement of Purpose is an opportunity to offer the Admission Committee personal details to supplement LSAT scores, transcripts, and credentials.' No prompt is recorded because none is published. No font or margin requirement beyond double-spacing, and nothing about generative AI. WHAT ELSE THE COMMITTEE WEIGHS, from the FAQ: 'At UIC Law, admissions decisions are made using a holistic review process. In addition to your undergraduate coursework, the admissions committee considers factors such as your personal statement, résumé, letters of recommendation, LSAT or GRE scores, and other experiences that demonstrate your potential to succeed in law school and the legal profession.' SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAYS ARE ALLUDED TO BUT NEVER DEFINED — see the optional_essay entry.

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MENTIONED TWICE, DEFINED NOWHERE — recorded so the gap is visible rather than omitted as a silence, because these are not silences: UIC refers to supplemental writing as though it exists and never says what it is. The requirements page lists what a GRE applicant must route through CAS as 'the application, transcripts, letters of recommendation, personal statement, resume, and supplemental statements,' and the FAQ's how-to-apply steps include 'Write a law school personal statement and any supplemental essays as needed.' No prompt, no topic list, no word or page limit, and no indication of whether these are addenda, diversity statements, why-school essays, or something else appears on any UIC page fetched on 2026-08-18. The phrase 'as needed' suggests addenda in the ordinary sense, but the school never says so. An applicant should check the live LSAC application, which is where the actual attachment slots and their instructions will appear. This file records no separate addendum, perspective_statement, or why_x_essay row for the same reason: UIC names none of them.

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ONE REQUIRED, TWO OR THREE ENCOURAGED, FOUR ACCEPTED — a three-tier structure stated identically in two places. Requirements page: 'Applicants must submit undergraduate transcripts and letters of recommendation through the Credential Assembly Service (CAS). Files must include at least a letter of recommendation, but applicants are encouraged to submit 2–3 letters. We will accept up to four.' The FAQ's how-to-apply list repeats: 'Get letters of recommendation. Applicants are encouraged to submit 2–3 letters. UIC Law will accept up to four.' count_required is 1 because that is the floor for a complete file, but an applicant submitting the bare minimum is doing less than the school recommends. Routing is through CAS. No academic-versus-professional preference is published, and no content guidance is given.

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Listed among the items a completed application 'must include', alongside the electronic form, the test score, transcripts and letters, the Statement of Purpose, and the (waived) fee. The FAQ's how-to-apply steps repeat it: 'Create a law school resume.' No page limit, format, or content guidance is published anywhere, so none is recorded.

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'Applicants must submit undergraduate transcripts and letters of recommendation through the Credential Assembly Service (CAS). The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) will send your CAS to the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law once it is complete. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that their CAS report is complete and that they have paid the fee required by the LSAC.' That last sentence matters: the CAS fee is the applicant's, and it survives even though UIC's own application fee is waived. Paper applications are refused outright: 'Electronic Application Form (Paper application forms are not accepted.)' DEGREE: no undergraduate major is preferred — 'There is no required undergraduate major for law school... What matters most is earning a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university before enrolling in law school' — so the degree must be complete before enrollment rather than before applying. No minimum GPA is published for first-year applicants; the only GPA floor UIC publishes belongs to transfers ('Generally, a 2.75 GPA is necessary to qualify for admission'). International applicants are directed to a separate page not fetched for this file, so no TOEFL or IELTS requirement is recorded here.

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BOTH ACCEPTED, LSAT PRIMARY, AND — the unusual part — NO SCORE MAY BE WITHHELD. 'While applicants need only take either the LSAT or the GRE, UIC Law requires all test results from the past five years. For example, if an applicant has taken both exams twice within the last five years, then UIC Law requires all four test results. Applicants may not choose which results they will share. If an applicant has taken the LSAT, UIC Law considers the LSAT to be the primary admission test, regardless of whether the applicant has submitted a GRE score.' The FAQ restates the hierarchy more gently: 'The LSAT remains the preferred admission test for UIC Law, but applicants may also submit GRE scores.' MULTIPLE LSATS ARE SCORED GENEROUSLY EVEN SO: 'In the event an applicant has multiple tests, only the highest score will be considered. LSAT scores are valid for five years.' Those two rules sit side by side — every score must be disclosed, and the highest is the one used. GRE mechanics: school code 2738, CAS registration still required, and UIC points to its own 'Statement on Acceptance and Use of the GRE for JD Admission.' REVIEW WAITS FOR A SCORE: 'Although applicants can submit their application to UIC Law before taking the LSAT, files will not be reviewed until UIC Law receives a LSAT score from the LSAC,' and 'If you are registered for a future LSAT date, the Office of Admission will wait to review your application until receipt of the latest test score' — with the option to 'request that we hold review of their file until a subsequent LSAT administration.' TIMING: February or earlier is the recommended administration for a fall start, though 'We will, however, consider scores from later administrations if space is available in the entering class.' UIC's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report shows real GRE volume — 13 GRE admissions enrollees (6 full-time, 7 part-time) against 366 LSAT enrollees — but prints its GRE percentile rows empty, since neither division reached the ABA's 10-test-taker publication floor. No JD Next row appears and the site never mentions JD Next.

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WAIVED, AND REPLACED BY A DEPOSIT LATER. The application checklist line reads 'Application Fee: Your application fee has been waived.' The FAQ explains what takes its place: 'UIC Law currently does not charge application fees. In lieu of this, once accepted, all students are required to pay a $400 tuition deposit to secure their spot.' The word 'currently' is the school's, and is worth heeding — this reads as a standing practice rather than a permanent policy. UIC's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report independently lists the application fee as 'None'. Transfer applicants are told the same thing ('There is no application fee'). Recorded as required: false because there is nothing to pay at application and no waiver to request. LSAC's own CAS fee is separate and is explicitly the applicant's responsibility.

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Recorded as the site's silence, not as a statement that UIC does not interview. No UIC Law admissions page fetched on 2026-08-18 — the admissions overview, the process-and-requirements page, the FAQ, or the admission statistics page — contains the word interview in an admissions sense. The FAQ's holistic-review answer lists what the committee considers and no interview appears among the factors. The school's only named interview program belongs to Career Services and serves enrolled students seeking employment.

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