University of Miami School of Law

Formatting and length: 'Please ensure the statement is double-spaced, contains at least 500 words, and does not exceed two pages.' The 500 words is a floor, not a ceiling, so it is recorded here rather than as a word limit. Generative AI is prohibited: 'While review by others is acceptable, this statement should be written solely by the applicant without the use of generative artificial intelligence programs.' Uploaded through the Attachments section of the LSAC application. The page adds that 'The Admission Committee will carefully review this information to reach a decision on the application.'

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Conditionally required rather than optional: the only addendum the instructions page describes is the Character and Fitness explanation, which is mandatory for any affirmative answer and not applicable otherwise (hence required: false here). The page does not use the word 'addendum' and does not mention GPA, LSAT, or gap-in-employment addenda at all — recorded as the page's silence, not as a prohibition. 'After initial review of your application, the Admissions Committee may request additional documentation.' No length limit is published. The page stresses a continuing duty to disclose that runs from submission through enrollment, that the duty covers matters expunged or sealed and university housing sanctions, that pending or expected charges must be disclosed, and that advice from any source (including legal counsel) that disclosure is unnecessary does not excuse a failure to disclose.

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'Miami Law requires a minimum of two and accepts a maximum of four letters of recommendation.' Letters must be submitted through LSAC and arrive as part of the CAS Report. 'An application will not be considered complete until two recommendation letters have been received' — so the letters gate review, which matters under rolling admissions. The page does not specify whether recommenders should be academic or professional.

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'Miami Law requires a minimum of two and accepts a maximum of four letters of recommendation.' Letters must be submitted through LSAC and arrive as part of the CAS Report. 'An application will not be considered complete until two recommendation letters have been received' — so the letters gate review, which matters under rolling admissions. The page does not specify whether recommenders should be academic or professional.

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Site wording: 'Applicants are required to include a resume detailing their education, employment, skills, honors, awards, and accomplishments. Please use the Attachments section of the application to upload the resume.' (The page spells it 'résumé'.) No page limit or formatting requirement is published.

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Registration with LSAC's Credential Assembly Service is required; Miami Law's CAS school code is 5815. Transcripts are required for all academic work undertaken at the undergraduate, graduate, or professional level, including credit and non-credit courses, sent through LSAC; final-semester or summer transcripts completed after CAS submission must also be sent through LSAC. All offers of admission are conditional on receipt of an official transcript conferring a bachelor's degree from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or an equivalent international degree. Applicants with more than one year of post-secondary work outside the U.S. (including its territories) or Canada must use LSAC's international transcript authentication and evaluation service, included in the CAS registration fee and performed by AACRAO; international transcripts sent to LSAC are forwarded to Miami Law upon matriculation. Applicants educated outside the U.S. whose native language is not English must submit an English proficiency test: TOEFL minimum 92 iBT or 5.0 on the new scale (LSAC code 8395), IELTS minimum 7.0 (no code needed), or Duolingo English Test minimum 125 (sent directly to admissions@law.miami.edu).

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'Miami Law accepts LSAT, GRE, and JD-Next Exam official scores dated after June 2022 to fulfill our assessment requirement. If you have taken different types of assessments, you must submit all reportable scores as part of your application.' LSAT scores arrive automatically on the CAS Report; GRE scores go through the ETS portal using Miami Law's code 2751; JD-Next scores are released directly by JD-Next at the applicant's request. Score-validity window is stated as an absolute date (after June 2022), not a rolling number of years, so it will presumably move in future cycles. Completion timing: an applicant who indicates an intent to take a future test but already has a score on file must tell Miami Law in writing to mark the application complete on current scores, or the file stays incomplete until the future score arrives — which under rolling review delays consideration. The page does not state a score-averaging or highest-score policy. Note that the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report publishes LSAT and GRE enrollee columns only, with no JD Next row.

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'Applicants must submit a non-refundable $60 application fee via the LSAC Flex Application portal. If an applicant has received a fee waiver from LSAC or Miami Law, the waiver will be automatically applied to the applicant's LSAC account.' The $60 amount also appears in the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report. The page does not describe how to request a waiver directly from Miami Law or what criteria it applies.

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