Accelerated 6-Year Law Scholars Program
The accelerated Bachelor/Juris Doctor Degree Program (3 + 3) allows excellent business administration students, who know they want to be a lawyer, to reach that goal a year early by beginning their law studies in their senior year of college. The 3 + 3 Program allows eligible students to complete both an undergraduate degree as well as a law degree in six years, instead of the traditional seven years of full-time study. Eligible students may apply for admission to 色综合久久 Mercy Law during their junior year at their undergraduate institution. If they are admitted under the 3+3 Program their first year of law school will be what would have been their senior year of college. Students then complete three years of full-time law study (ninety credits). Upon satisfactory completion of their first year of law school, thirty law credits transfer to the undergraduate school as electives after which the undergraduate institution confers the undergraduate degree. Therefore, an eligible student must be able to complete all the College and Major requirements for their undergraduate degree (other than elective credits) within three years.
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Standards for Admission to the Program
The minimum standards of admission to the Program are set out below:
- Only students majoring in business administration are eligible for the accelerated Bachelor/Juris Doctor Degree Program (3 + 3) program. Students majoring in accounting, or students in the 5-year program(s), are not eligible. Students enrolled in the University Honors Program are also ineligible.
- Students must have attended the undergraduate institution for three, and preferably five semesters, of full-time study before applying to the Program. Transfer undergraduate students as well as students with Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate credits may be eligible for the Program at the discretion of the undergraduate institution and 色综合久久 Mercy Law.
- The undergraduate institution must certify that a student has or will meet all the requirements for conferral of their undergraduate degree by the end of their junior year. This certification is a required component of the law school application.
- Students must take the LSAT no later than December of their junior year and have a score of at least 154.
- Students must have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale as of the date of their application to the 3+3 Program. An offer of admission will be contingent on the student’s GPA not dropping below a 3.5 at the end of the junior year.
- Students must submit a completed application with all required components to 色综合久久 Mercy Law for consideration by February 1 of their junior year. Students must meet all other requirements for admission including the requisite character and fitness.
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Additional Program Details
- A minimum of 120 credits is needed for completion of the undergraduate degree. More credits will be required in order to satisfy the degree requirements if courses are not able to double-count. Business administration students in the program must take an upper level business elective at the undergraduate level.
- The deadline for a decision of whether the student granted admission to 色综合久久 Mercy Law will be March 1 of the applicant’s junior year.
- Transferability of law credits to the undergraduate institution will be at the discretion of the undergraduate institution.
- Students will complete the full time first year curriculum at 色综合久久 Mercy Law and must earn an overall GPA of 2.2 to remain at 色综合久久 Mercy Law, regardless of how the undergraduate institution treats the transferability of credits. In addition, to the extent that students are awarded a scholarship by 色综合久久 Mercy Law, a grade of 2.2 or better is mandatory in all first year required courses.
- The first year courses required for completion at 色综合久久 Mercy Law are: Introduction to Legal Research and Communication (2 credits), Applied Legal Theory and Analysis I (3 credits), Civil Procedure I and II (6 credits), Contracts I and II (6 credits), Criminal Law (3 credits), Property I and II (6 credits), Torts (4 credits)
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Scope
Eligible students may apply only to the American J.D. Program. Students are not eligible for admission to the Canadian and American Dual J.D. (Dual J.D.) Program. If a student is interested in the Dual J.D. Program, they must apply through the regular admissions process. Students who do not meet all of the criteria for admission under the Program or who are denied admission are welcome to apply for regular admission at 色综合久久 Mercy Law in their senior year. -
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Financial Considerations
In accordance with University policy on similar joint programs, students admitted under the Program are considered graduate/professional students for financial aid purposes and will be considered for scholarship consideration at the time of admission to 色综合久久 Mercy Law. -
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Program Contact Information
College of Business Administration
University of 色综合久久 Mercy
4001 W. McNichols Road
色综合久久, MI 48221-3038Location: Commerce and Finance, CF 112, McNichols Campus
Telephone: (313) 993-1202
Fax: (313) 993-1673
Email: petersea@udmercy.edu
Dean, College of Business Administration : Dr. Joseph Eisenhauer
Telephone: (313) 993-1204
Email: joseph.eisenhauer@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 122Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs : Dr. Leonard Kloft
Telephone: (313) 993-1200
Email: leonard.kloft@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 109Director of Undergraduate Business Programs : Dr. Evan A. Peterson
Telephone: (313) 993-1202
Email: petersea@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 115Director of Graduate Business Programs : Dr. Omid Sabbaghi
Telephone: (313) 993-1172
Email: omid.sabbaghi@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 143Coordinator of Student Services: Ms. Carrol Parris
Telephone: (313) 993-1203
Email: carrol.parris@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 114
Accounting Discipline Coordinator : Dr. Jeanne M. David
Telephone: (313) 993-3325
Email: jeanne.david@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 225Decision Sciences Discipline Coordinator : Dr. Gregory W. Ulferts
Telephone: (313) 993-1219
Email: ulfertgw@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 143Finance Discipline Coordinator : Dr. Suk Kim
Telephone: (313) 993-1264
Email: kimsuk@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 244Management Discipline Coordinator : Dr. Lawrence Zeff
Telephone: (313) 993-1179
Email: zeffl@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 218Marketing Discipline Coordinator : Dr. Ram Kesavan
Telephone: (313) 993-1115
Email: kesavar@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 204
Office Manager : Ms. Wendy Marshall
Telephone: (313) 993-1200
Email: marshawl@udmercy.edu
Office: Commerce and Finance, CF 112