University of New Mexico School of Law

The page continues: "The personal statement should be two (2) or three (3) pages, double-spaced, using standard font and margins. The personal statement should be free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors and should demonstrate the applicant’s capacity for high-quality written work." Two pages is the floor and three the ceiling. RE-READ 2026-10-07 against the rewritten page: unchanged.

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Titled "Lived Experiences Statement (optional)." The page adds: "The lived experiences statement should be one (1) or two (2) pages, double-spaced, using standard font and margins. The lived experiences statement should be free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors." RE-READ 2026-10-07 against the rewritten page: unchanged.

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Titled "Academic Addendum (optional)." The page describes no other optional addendum topics — no test-score, employment-gap, or general "anything else" addendum is invited. RE-READ 2026-10-07 against the rewritten page: unchanged.

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Conditional, not optional: required of any applicant who answers “yes” to a Character & Fitness question, and marked required: false here only because it does not apply to every applicant. "Addenda should be in the applicant’s own words. Court documents should not be submitted in place of the applicant’s own narrative statement of events." Applicants carry a continuing obligation to disclose: if an answer changes from “no” to “yes” after submission, they must contact the Office of Admissions with a written explanation. The school notes that many jurisdictions, including New Mexico, require a copy of the law school application as part of the bar application. (The companion character-and-fitness page this note used to cite now returns 404.) RE-READ 2026-10-07 against the rewritten page: unchanged.

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Listed among the required Application Components, without the "(optional)" label the page attaches to the academic addendum and lived experiences statement. No page limit or formatting requirement is published for the résumé. RE-READ 2026-10-07 against the rewritten page: unchanged.

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"Applicants must submit via the Credential Assembly Service two (2) letters of recommendation, though applicants may choose to submit up to three (3) letters. The Admissions Committee expects letters to be academic or professional in nature and strongly prefers letters of recommendation written within one (1) year of the date of application." Current students and recent graduates "should have at least one academic letter of recommendation from a professor with personal knowledge of the applicant’s academic work"; professional letters should come from an employer with direct knowledge, preferably a direct supervisor. "Letters from a professional mentor for whom the applicant has not worked directly are not persuasive." Personal letters from family or acquaintances are strongly discouraged. Letters sent directly to the Office of Admissions will not be accepted. CHANGED 2026-10-07: the ceiling dropped from four letters to three; the two-letter floor and the guidance on who should write are unchanged.

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"Applicants must submit via the Credential Assembly Service two (2) letters of recommendation, though applicants may choose to submit up to three (3) letters. The Admissions Committee expects letters to be academic or professional in nature and strongly prefers letters of recommendation written within one (1) year of the date of application." Current students and recent graduates "should have at least one academic letter of recommendation from a professor with personal knowledge of the applicant’s academic work"; professional letters should come from an employer with direct knowledge, preferably a direct supervisor. "Letters from a professional mentor for whom the applicant has not worked directly are not persuasive." Personal letters from family or acquaintances are strongly discouraged. Letters sent directly to the Office of Admissions will not be accepted. CHANGED 2026-10-07: the ceiling dropped from four letters to three; the two-letter floor and the guidance on who should write are unchanged.

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Official transcripts from all undergraduate and post-undergraduate institutions attended must go through the LSAC Credential Assembly Service, "even if you did not earn a degree from the institution or the credits from that institution transferred to another institution." Transcripts sent directly to the Office of Admissions will not be accepted. THE INTERNATIONAL-APPLICANT RULES ARE NO LONGER ON THIS PAGE as of 2026-10-07. The closed cycle's version required CAS Authentication & Evaluation for foreign study, TOEFL or IELTS for English proficiency, and proof of funding for a year's cost of attendance; the rewritten page drops that section and no replacement page was found (the site's admissions navigation now offers only 1L Early Binding Decision, 1L Regular Decision, 2L Transfer and Visiting Student). An international applicant should ask the office directly rather than assume those rules have lapsed. The page states no minimum GPA and does not say whether a bachelor's degree must be conferred before matriculation.

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LSAT only, stated explicitly rather than by silence: "The University of New Mexico School of Law does not accept standardized tests other than the LSAT and will not waive the requirement of a reportable LSAT score under any circumstances. Self-reports of other standardized test scores will not be taken into consideration." At least one reportable score is required — "one from a testing date within the past five (5) testing years and not canceled by the candidate." An application may be submitted before a score is released but is not complete until the school receives it. An applicant planning a retake must name the future test date in the electronic application and answer "yes" to Section 5, Question 1d to have the file held for it. "Decisions of the Admissions Committee are final and not subject to appeal"; a denied applicant will not be re-reviewed in the same cycle even after a later score, and must reapply the following cycle. RE-READ 2026-10-07: unchanged. The transfer-track LSAT waiver this note used to mention has moved off this page with the transfer section and was not re-read.

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"Applicants must submit an electronic application available on LSAC.org. There is a $50 nonrefundable application fee." The $50 figure matches the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report. "Application materials and fees submitted directly to the Office of Admissions will not be accepted." The page does not mention fee waivers. RE-READ 2026-10-07 against the rewritten page: unchanged.

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