Application Details

You must complete the online application and submit all required documents by the deadline of Friday, March 17, 2023.  Please gather all of your application information and documentation prior to submitting. See below for a list of these materials.  The portal will open in January 2023

 

 

  

 Documentation

Will be submitted as files, acceptable forms are pdf and docx

• Personal statement of your reasons for wanting to study law. (You may submit the same personal statement that you submitted for your law school application.)
• Proof of membership in a state- or federally-recognized tribe. If you are not enrolled, but have a quantum of ¼ or more, please provide that documentation, along with an explanation of why you are not enrolled.
• Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB). (This is for statistical purposes. If your proof of membership indicates your blood quantum, we do not need a separate CDIB).
• Undergraduate Transcript. If ordering through an electronic transcript service, please have transcripts sent to caveparnall@law.unm.edu
• Graduate Transcript (if applicable). If ordering through an electronic transcript service, please have transcripts sent to caveparnall@law.unm.edu
• Copy of LSAC Academic Summary Report (the LSAC report with your undergraduate grade summary), and copy of the LSAT Candidate Score Report (that shows your LSAT score.) You must send copies of these reports to the PLSI. LSAC will not send copies directly the American Indian Law Center because PLSI is not a law school.

  It is acceptable to submit a screen shot of your LSAT score report that shows that your name, dates of the exams, scores, and percentile rankings.

• Proof of complete application to an ABA-accredited law school (e.g., a copy of an email or
  photocopy of a law school’s acknowledgement letter or postcard indicating that your application is
  complete.) You need not be admitted to apply to PLSI, but you need to show at least one complete
  application to a law school. Please note that it might take a couple of weeks from the date of application to receive confirmation from a law school that your application is complete.
• Two (2) letters of recommendation. Letters should be written by professors familiar with your college work. If you have been out of school for more than two years, your letters should be written by people familiar with your performance in the work place. (Your recommenders do not have to write the letters specifically to PLSI. Please feel free to submit the same recommendations that you submitted with your law school applications.) If your recommenders prefer to send letters directly to PLSI, please have them forward letters to caveparnall@law.unm.edu.
• Copy of law school admission letter. (This is required only if you have been admitted; you will be considered for admission to the PLSI regardless of your admission status.)