Rutgers Law School

Rutgers publishes no separate prompt page; this is the full text of the personal-statement bullet in Step 4 of the J.D. Applicants page, quoted verbatim including its parenthetical length range. page_limit records the top of the published 2-4 double-spaced page range; there is no published word limit, font, or margin specification. The suggested topics are offered as things the statement 'can include,' not as required content. The admissions pages do not mention generative AI.

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Step 4 of the J.D. Applicants page lists 'Two (2) Letters of Recommendation' among the materials a complete application must include. No maximum is published anywhere on the admissions pages, so count_accepted is omitted rather than assumed. Letters travel through LSAC's Credential Assembly Service: 'With CAS, your transcripts, letters of recommendation, and any other documents required for each of your law school applications only need to be sent one time, to LSAC.' The pages do not say who the recommenders should be (academic vs. professional), do not discuss waiver of the right to inspect, and do not offer a direct-to-school submission route. Letters of recommendation are named among the factors weighed in the holistic review on both the J.D. Applicants page and law.rutgers.edu/admissions/how-to-apply.

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Step 4 of the J.D. Applicants page lists 'Two (2) Letters of Recommendation' among the materials a complete application must include. No maximum is published anywhere on the admissions pages, so count_accepted is omitted rather than assumed. Letters travel through LSAC's Credential Assembly Service: 'With CAS, your transcripts, letters of recommendation, and any other documents required for each of your law school applications only need to be sent one time, to LSAC.' The pages do not say who the recommenders should be (academic vs. professional), do not discuss waiver of the right to inspect, and do not offer a direct-to-school submission route. Letters of recommendation are named among the factors weighed in the holistic review on both the J.D. Applicants page and law.rutgers.edu/admissions/how-to-apply.

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Listed in Step 4 as a component of a complete application: 'Resume detailing professional, extracurricular, and community service experiences.' No page limit, format, or length guidance is published, so no page_limit is recorded.

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Step 3 requires completing the LSAC Credential Assembly Service, and Step 4 requires a 'CAS Report with official transcripts from any colleges, universities, junior or community colleges, and graduate or professional schools you have attended and earned grades that applied towards your degree.' Eligibility, from the How to Apply FAQ (law.rutgers.edu/admissions/how-to-apply): 'Applicants who have earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university before the first day of school or who have an equivalent from a foreign institution are eligible' — so the degree need only be conferred before classes begin. International applicants: 'TOEFL is not required but applicants may submit TOEFL scores separately if they choose'; non-U.S.-citizen international applicants also submit the I-20 and the Rutgers Affidavit of Support Form, and applicants on current F-1 visas must submit a photocopy of the I-94 card and complete an F-1 transfer with their present institution. The pages do not describe a foreign-credential evaluation requirement for J.D. applicants.

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LSAT only. The J.D. Applicants page says 'The LSAT is required to be considered for admission to Rutgers Law School' and requires an 'LSAT score from within the past five years'; the How to Apply FAQ says 'All candidates for admission are required to take the LSAT-offered nine times a year-and must register with the Credential Assembly Service (CAS)' and 'All international students are required to take the LSAT.' The GRE, JD-Next, and any other alternative test are never mentioned on any Rutgers Law admissions page — recorded here as the site's silence, not as an explicit rejection of the GRE. Multiple scores: 'If there are multiple scores, the most weight is given to the highest score.' Applicants may apply before testing: 'Though you can apply to law school before taking the LSAT, your file cannot be reviewed by the Admissions Committee until it is complete, which includes the LSAT score.' Last acceptable administration, as published (stale, tied to the prior cycle): 'The last LSAT that Rutgers Law School will accept for Fall 2026 Entering Class is the June 2026 administration.' Minor internal inconsistency left as-is: the J.D. Applicants page says the LSAT is 'offered 8-9 times a year' while the FAQ says 'nine times a year.' The school states it uses no numerical cutoffs.

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There is no application fee. From the How to Apply FAQ: 'In an effort to reduce the financial barriers faced by applicants when applying to law school, Rutgers Law School does not charge an application fee.' The school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report independently lists 'Application fee $0'. Recorded as required: false because there is nothing for an applicant to pay or to request a waiver for; no fee-waiver process is published, and none is needed.

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