St. John's University School of Law

Listed under 'Application Materials' as one of the components of the completed application form. No page_limit is recorded because the school publishes guidance, not a cap — the length is stated as 'suggested,' with no maximum imposed. No formatting rules beyond 'two typed pages, double spaced' are published, and the pages say nothing about generative AI.

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St. John's calls this the 'Supplementary Statement (Optional).' No length limit is published. It maps to the school's stated holistic-review factor 'Challenges Faced and Overcome: adversity, socio-economic impacts, justice impacted, disability, etc.'

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St. John's calls this the 'Additional Merit Aid Statement (Optional).' It is a scholarship statement rather than a 'why St. John's' essay, though it asks applicants to align what they write with the Law School's mission — the mission itself is set out at length on the same page. No length limit is published. Scholarships require no separate application ('There is no separate scholarship application and, if awarded, scholarships range from partial-tuition to full-tuition, automatically renew annually, and can't be forfeited'), so this statement supplements rather than triggers scholarship consideration. Note: the school renders the alumnus's name as 'Theodore Jones '72' and links to a New York courts biography page; the prompt text above is quoted verbatim apart from that link.

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The prompt above is the optional 'General Addendum.' Two further addenda are listed on the same page and are conditional rather than optional. (1) Character and fitness — 'Character & Fitness Addendums: If you answered yes to the character and fitness questions please submit (an) additional statement/s.' (2) Prior law school matriculation — 'If you previously attended any J.D. program, you must submit an addendum explaining your withdrawal. If you left the prior law school in good standing, you must submit a letter of good standing and an official transcript from the law school. If you were academically dismissed from law school, you must submit an explanation of the circumstances, why you feel you are ready to return to law school, and an official transcript from the law school.' No length limit is published for any of the three. The general addendum names LSAT performance but not GRE performance.

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Required, and delivered inside the CAS report: the 'Credential Assembly Service Report' bullet lists 'letters of recommendation (academic or professional and a minimum of two, maximum three).' The J.D. Admissions page does not describe a route for sending letters directly to the Law School for the general applicant pool; direct submission is mentioned only for two St. John's-affiliated pathways on the same page — the Red Storm Scholars program ('Letters of recommendation may be sent to the LSAC Credential Assembly Service or directly to St. John's Law') and the 3+3 joint degree program ('letters can be sent directly to Admissions from recommender as well'). The page gives no guidance on how recent letters must be or on academic-versus-professional preference beyond accepting either.

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Required, and delivered inside the CAS report: the 'Credential Assembly Service Report' bullet lists 'letters of recommendation (academic or professional and a minimum of two, maximum three).' The J.D. Admissions page does not describe a route for sending letters directly to the Law School for the general applicant pool; direct submission is mentioned only for two St. John's-affiliated pathways on the same page — the Red Storm Scholars program ('Letters of recommendation may be sent to the LSAC Credential Assembly Service or directly to St. John's Law') and the 3+3 joint degree program ('letters can be sent directly to Admissions from recommender as well'). The page gives no guidance on how recent letters must be or on academic-versus-professional preference beyond accepting either.

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Required, listed among the 'Application Materials' that make up the completed application form. No page_limit is recorded because none is published — the page imposes no length, font, or formatting requirement. The gap-explanation instruction sits inside the resume item itself, distinct from the separate optional General Addendum that also invites explanations of employment and education gaps. The trailing sentence has no period in the source; quoted as published.

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CAS registration is mandatory for every applicant regardless of test: 'The Law School participates in the Credential Assembly Service (CAS), which simplifies admission procedures. You must register for the CAS whether you choose to apply with an LSAT score or GRE score.' The CAS report 'includes your academic transcripts from undergraduate, graduate, or non-degree programs.' Eligibility: 'you must have a baccalaureate degree granted by a fully accredited institution.' Foreign coursework: 'St. John's Law requires that your foreign transcripts be submitted through the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS). If you completed any postsecondary work outside the United States (including its territories) or Canada, you must use this service for the evaluation of your foreign transcripts,' the one exception being study-abroad, consortium, or exchange work sponsored by a U.S. or Canadian institution and clearly indicated as such on the home campus transcript; an International Credential Evaluation is completed by AACRAO and folded into the CAS report. The admissions pages nowhere mention a TOEFL or IELTS requirement for non-native English speakers — recorded as the site's silence, not as a statement that no language test is required. Visa note: an admitted student who entered the U.S. on a B-1, B-2, or F-2 visa or in undocumented status cannot register for class until the status is changed to F-1; the school states it welcomes undocumented and DACA applicants, who are eligible for merit scholarships but not federal loans.

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Either test is accepted: 'To apply for admission to St. John's Law, you must have a baccalaureate degree granted by a fully accredited institution and a standardized test score (LSAT or GRE).' The CAS report must carry 'a reportable Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score (GRE scores submitted through ETS); LSAT Writing Sample (if submitting an LSAT score for consideration).' GRE applicants 'can log into their ETS account and request that St. John's U Sch of Law receive your GRE results using the code: 2624.' CAUTION — stale sentence on the live page: as of 2026-08-18 the J.D. Admissions Requirements section still reads 'To meet the March 15, 2026 priority application deadline, you should take the LSAT or the GRE no later than February 2026,' naming last cycle's dates, while the same page's opening paragraph announces the Fall 2027 cycle with a March 15, 2027 priority deadline. Read forward, the guidance is to test no later than February 2027, but the school has not published that; the sentence is recorded as it stands. The pages publish no score-validity window (how old a score may be), no policy on multiple or averaged scores, and no minimum score — all silences, not denials. JD-Next is not mentioned. One LSAT-free path exists, limited to the university's own undergraduates: the Red Storm Scholars Special Admission Program admits current St. John's University undergraduates without an LSAT if they scored at or above the 85th percentile on the SAT or ACT in one administration, hold a cumulative UGPA of 3.7 or higher, and have never taken the LSAT (taking it triggers reconsideration with the score); that program's deadlines are March 1 (application) and April 1 (deposit) and are separate from the general J.D. deadlines. The school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report shows 9 first-year enrollees admitted on a non-LSAT test against 232 admitted on the LSAT.

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There is no application fee: 'There is no application fee, so apply today!' The school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report independently lists 'Application fee $0'. Nothing to pay and nothing to waive, so no fee-waiver process is published. LSAC's own registration and CAS fees still apply and are not addressed by the school's pages.

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Applicant-initiated and optional, not invite-only: every applicant receives a link one business day after submitting, with a seven-calendar-day window to complete it. It is time-limited within the cycle — the page states it 'will not be available after' the March 15 priority deadline. The page does not say whether the interview is live or pre-recorded, who reviews it, or how it is weighed; 'video interview' and the seven-day completion window imply an asynchronous recorded format, but the school does not say so. The admissions pages describe no other interview of any kind.

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