ODU-UD Accelerated Law Program

Program Highlights

Students who participate in this program will:

• Receive acceptance to the 3+2 program when accepted to ODU.
• Have an opportunity to complete their bachelor’s and law degrees in as few as five years via the 3+2 track.
• Have the option to choose either a 3+2 (five-year) or 3+3 (six-year) path as late as the third year of undergraduate studies at ODU.
• Receive a minimum of $10,000 scholarship per academic year of law school at UD.

Qualifications

• Students must major in Political Science, English, History, Philosophy or Mathematics via a 3+2 track at ODU.
• Students must enroll at ODU as freshmen. (This program is not available to transfer students.)
• In order to receive full acceptance to UDSL, students must earn an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and LSAT of one point higher than the UDSL median from the previous year.
• Students must submit a Juris Doctor application no later than during their third year at ODU to meet ABA requirements.
• Students must earn their bachelor’s degree before beginning the second year of law school.
• First year of law school must satisfy both fourth-year undergraduate and first-year law school requirements.