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Application for Admission Date of Receipt: Cleveland State University Fee Paid: ___Yes ___No Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

You may apply online or download an application at www.law.csuohio.edu, or apply electronically at www.LSAC.org.

APPLICATION NOT TO BE HANDWRITTEN

1. Full Name Last First Middle

2. Social Security Number LSAC Account Number

3. Current Mailing Address: (Valid until / / ) MM/DD/YY Stree City State Zip Code t

County (if Ohio) Email

Primary Telephone Number: Secondary Number (cell or business)

4. Permanent Address: Stree City State Zip Code t

County (if Ohio) Email

5. Date of Birth: 6. Gender: M F MM DD YYYY 7. (a) Are you a US Citizen? Yes (if yes, skip to 8) No If no indicate: Country of Citizenship Country of Residence

Country of Birth City of Birth

(b) Are you a permanent resident? Yes No If yes indicate: Visa Type Alien Number SEVIS Number

8. Are you an Ohio Resident? Yes No If yes indicate: Length of residence in Ohio: From / To / MM/YY MM/YY

9. (a) I am applying for: (Select one) (Please see the bulletin or web site for more information on these programs)

Regular admission to the JD program Admission to the JD program via the Legal Career Opportunities Program (LCOP)

Admission to the Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program

(b) I am also applying to the following joint degree program: (Optional)

JD/MBA JD/MPA JD/MUPDD JD/MAES JD/MSES

10. I am applying to the: (Select one in each category)

(a) Term: Fall (First year JD students must apply for fall) Spring Summer: 20 (b) Program: Full-time Day Program Part-time Day Program Part-time Evening Program

(c) Status: Entering Transfer Transient Special

11. List all colleges, universities, and graduate schools you have attended. Please list the most recent institution first. Institution Location Dates Major Degree GPA Reason for Leaving Attended

12. List all honors and achievements including academic scholarships, fellowships, prizes and honor societies. (A résumé may be sufficient or you may use an electronic attachment).

13. Please list employment positions beginning with the most recent employment. (You may submit a résumé instead). Employer Dates of Employment Position Reason for Leaving

14. List all dates on which you have taken or plan to take the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT):

/ / / / / / Month Day Year Month Day Year Month Day Year

15. If applicable, indicated when you have taken or will take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of Written English (TWE).

/ / / / Month Day Year Month Day Year

For questions 16 through 18, you must answer YES or NO to EACH and EVERY question. If your answer to any question is YES, you MUST submit a statement of all relevant facts on a separate page or by electronic attachment.

16(a) Have you previously applied for admission to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law? Yes No (b) Have you previously attended or enrolled in any classes at any law school? Yes No (c) Have you ever attended Cleveland State University or Fenn College? Yes No (d) Have you ever received a discharge other than honorable from military or other service? Yes No (e) Have you been admitted to the bar of any state or country? Yes No

17. Probation/Suspension/Warning/Sanction/Dismissal: Have you been placed on probation, warned, suspended, sanctioned, or dismissed by any college or university for any academic and/or non-academic reasons? Yes No

18. Character and Fitness : Are there any criminal charges pending against you or have you ever been convicted or granted deferred adjudication or diversion for any offense, felony or misdemeanor, including traffic offenses (like driving under the influence), but excluding minor moving violations and parking tickets? (All matters must be reported, even if they were expunged or the records sealed under the laws of any state). Yes No

19. Required Personal Statement: Please attach a personal statement of at least two typed pages that identifies, among other things, what influences in your life have led you to seek admissions to law school. Also, include in this statement why you are applying to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge the information given by me on this application is complete, and I understand that my misrepresentation may be cause for denial, cancellation or revocation of admission. I further certify that I have read and understand the material contained on the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law web site or in the latest Bulletin of the College of Law.

Signature X Date (Anon-refundable fee of $40.00 payable to Cleveland State University must accompany this application or you may pay via credit card through the LSAC) Cleveland State University  Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Please Return with Application

In accordance with the amended Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, all letters of recommendation for admissions purposes received after January 1, 1975, are to be open to the candidate. However, the law allows the individual to waive his/her right of access if confidential recommendations are desired.

Before the Admissions Committee may consider any letters of recommendation you may wish to submit as part of your application, you must mark one of the boxes, sign and date below.

I do NOT waive the right to review any letters of recommendation submitted as part of my application for admission.

I do waive the right to review any letters of recommendation submitted as part of my application for admission.

Signature X Date

Cleveland State University  Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Voluntary Census Form

Cleveland State University is committed to a policy of equal educational and employment opportunity for all individuals. The University strongly opposes discrimination against any group or individual because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, handicap, veteran’s status, or sexual orientation.

It would aid the University in evidencing this policy to governmental agencies if each applicant supplied the information requested below. You may volunteer such information with respect to your own application for admission by a check mark at the appropriate box. Thank you.

Check Appropriate Boxes

American Indian or Alaskan Native White (not of Hispanic origin) Hispanic (regardless of race) Black (not of Hispanic origin) Asian or Pacific Islander Other, specify: Please send your application packet to:

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Office of Law Admissions 2121 Euclid Avenue, LB 138 Cleveland, Ohio 44115