Temple University Beasley School of Law

Required of all applicants. No length limit is imposed: 'There is no specified length required for either the personal or Sp.A.C.E. statement; on average statements are two to three pages in length' (same page, Admission Evaluation Process section); the FAQ at law.temple.edu/admissions/jd/faq/ repeats this as 'no page limit but is generally recommended to be about 2 to 3 pages double spaced.' No word_limit or page_limit is recorded here because the school publishes guidance, not a cap. The school tells applicants they may ask family, friends, or advisors for feedback, but 'all written statements should be the product of your own original ideas and work'; the page says nothing about generative AI. Because Temple does not interview, the FAQ frames the personal statement as 'your opportunity to showcase yourself.' Reapplicants must submit a new personal statement.

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Temple calls this the 'Sp.A.C.E. Statement,' after the discretionary admissions program the faculty established over 50 years ago 'creating an admissions process that avoided overreliance on the LSAT/GRE or other arbitrary, abstract admission criterion.' Optional but affirmatively encouraged: per the FAQ (law.temple.edu/admissions/jd/faq/), 'If you feel like your personal statement adequately highlighted those aspects of your application, you do not have to include a Sp.A.C.E. statement. However, we recommend that you write a Sp.A.C.E. statement in addition to your personal statement because it provides the Admissions Committee with another opportunity to get to know you and evaluate your writing ability.' Same length guidance as the personal statement — no limit, typically two to three pages double-spaced. The application-procedure page lists at length the characteristics the committee weighs under Sp.A.C.E., including applicants who have faced serious long-standing economic deprivation, discrimination, or arbitrary adversity; those historically foreclosed from higher education; recent-immigrant families; demonstrated leadership or service (AmeriCorps, VISTA, military); academic honors; working through college; student athletes; LGBTQI+ applicants; significant post-college career achievement; and applicants with serious physical disabilities.

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Two separate invitations, neither with a published length limit. (1) Character and fitness — required when triggered: 'If you answered "Yes" to any of the character and fitness questions on the application form, you must attach an addendum to your application which explains the circumstances.' The school urges erring on the side of disclosure, including expunged or sealed records, and warns that failure to disclose 'is often more significant, and can lead to more serious consequences, than the action, criminal conviction or charge itself.' (2) Score-disparity addendum — optional, from the FAQ at law.temple.edu/admissions/jd/faq/: 'If you have taken the LSAT or GRE more than once, and if there is a large disparity between your scores, we recommend that you address the disparity in a separate statement to be included with your application.' The pages carry no general GPA addendum invitation. Separately, an applicant who has previously attended any law school as a matriculated student must 'in a separate statement, explain the circumstances in detail,' with a verifying letter sent directly to the admissions office from that school's dean or appropriate officer before review.

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Unusual: letters are NOT required. 'The Admissions Committee suggests that a maximum of four letters of recommendation be submitted, although letters of recommendation are not required as part of the admissions process.' Recommenders 'should come from professors or employers directly acquainted with your academic or professional capabilities.' Letters go directly from the recommender to LSAC, or directly to Temple's Office of Admissions — 'Do not have a recommender send the same letter to both LSAC and Temple.' Letters sent directly to Temple must be accompanied by one of the waiver forms included with the application, completed by the applicant and given to the letter's author. Under the Buckley Amendment applicants may, but need not, waive the right to inspect their letters; a letter received without an executed waiver form is treated as a confidential communication between the writer and the law school. Despite being optional, the FAQ lists letters of recommendation among the materials given 'particular attention' under the Sp.A.C.E. review. Additional letters sent while waitlisted 'generally are not helpful but will be added to your application file if received' (law.temple.edu/admissions/jd/wait-list-information/).

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Not required but strongly encouraged, and explicitly uncapped: 'While resumes are not required, you are strongly encouraged to submit one as part of your application materials. Your resume does not have to be limited to one page. Do not leave out any of your work history because you feel that it is not relevant to the legal field.' No page_limit is recorded because the school states there is none.

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'All applicants must be registered with the Credential Assembly Service for the academic year during which application is made,' with a transcript from each undergraduate college or university sent directly to CAS; CAS forwards an unofficial copy to the law school in the CAS report. Applicants still in progress are encouraged to send updated transcripts to LSAC after each semester/quarter. Graduate and professional school transcripts must be provided, either to CAS or directly to the Office of Admissions. Eligibility: all JD matriculants must hold a baccalaureate degree from an institution approved by one of the U.S. regional accrediting associations. Foreign degrees must be equivalent to a U.S. baccalaureate and must go through the LSAC Credential Assembly Service — Temple 'will not accept a transcript from your foreign university(ies) in lieu of an evaluation by the Credential Assembly Service' (FAQ) — with the International Credential Evaluation completed by AACRAO and folded into the law school report; the only exception is foreign coursework completed through a study-abroad, consortium, or exchange program sponsored by a U.S. or Canadian institution and clearly labeled as such on the home campus transcript. The pages do not mention a TOEFL or IELTS requirement. Admission will be denied, absent extraordinary circumstances, to any candidate who has matriculated and taken examinations at a law school that is not an AALS member, or who has matriculated at any law school and subsequently been dismissed for academic or other reasons.

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'A standardized test score is required from all applicants,' who must indicate whether they are taking the LSAT or the GRE. LSAT: a reportable score within the last five years (the page states 'i.e., not before July 2021'), reported through an LSAC CAS Law School Report; Temple's LSAC registration code is 2906; the last administration acceptable for fall 2027 admission is April 2027. GRE: score reported directly to the Temple Law admissions office by ETS, school code 3934, submitted by April 1, 2027. 'If you have taken both the LSAT and the GRE, the Admissions Committee will consider both scores when reviewing your application.' Scores are not averaged: per the FAQ (law.temple.edu/admissions/jd/faq/), 'The Admissions Committee does not average LSAT or GRE scores and all scores will be considered. We do not use an index.' JD-Next is accepted only as a supplement, never a substitute — Temple holds an ABA variance to consider JD-Next scores, 'However, we currently only accept JD-Next scores as a supplement to an applicant's LSAT or GRE score... but a valid LSAT or GRE score is still a requirement for all applicants.' Applicants may submit before scores arrive: 'You do not need to wait until you have received your LSAT or GRE score, or for all of your letters of recommendation to be in prior to submitting the application. We will hold your application pending receipt of any of those items' (FAQ). There is no minimum score: 'there is no minimum standardized test score or GPA requirement to apply or be admitted to Temple Law.'

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$65, non-refundable and not creditable toward any charges if the applicant later enrolls (the same $65 appears in the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report). Payable by credit card through LSAC, or by check or money order made payable to Temple University and drawn on a U.S. bank; applicants paying by a method other than LSAC credit card must forward the fee with the signed Certification Letter directly to the Office of Admissions. Waivers: 'Applicants may request an application fee waiver by emailing their name and LSAC account number to the Law School Admissions Office, LawAdmis@temple.edu. The law school application fee will automatically be waived for any applicant who has been approved for a fee waiver from LSAC.' Reapplicants must pay a new fee.

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Temple does not interview — an explicit statement, not a silence. The FAQ's Sp.A.C.E. answer says: 'Given that Temple Law does not conduct interviews, your personal statement is your opportunity to showcase yourself.' Neither the JD admissions page nor the application-procedure page mentions interviews at all, in any form (invited, evaluative, or informational). The visit and information-session offerings linked from the admissions pages are recruiting events, not evaluative interviews.

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