English/JD Degree Accelerated, BA

Bachelor of Arts in English/Juris Doctor Degree Accelerated 

The BA/JD degree is an accelerated program which allows highly qualified and disciplined students to earn a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Juris Doctor degree in six years (180 credits) instead of the usual seven by completing 29 credits from the first year of law school toward the bachelor’s degree. 

Requirements for Admission

Admission to the program as a freshman requires an ACT of 25 (SAT of 980) and a high school GPA of 3.4; admission of transfer and ICT students requires a GPA of 3.4, thus seeking to attract higher performing students. Any University of Akron English majors may apply for inclusion into the 3+3 program at the same time they apply for admission to the English BA program, or anytime while enrolled as an English major at the University of Akron. Admission to the BA/JD accelerated program does not constitute admission to the Law School, which requires a separate application during the third year of the undergraduate degree. University of Akron English majors participating in the joint 3+3 program who have completed the equivalent of three years or more of a baccalaureate degree will be admitted into the University of Akron School of Law so long as they:

1. are in good standing academically, financially, and from a disciplinary perspective in the English BA program;

2. satisfy the character and fitness standards required of all students admitted to the Law School;

3. have an LSAT that is at or above the 25th percentile of the previous year’s entering class, and not below a 151 (GRE results can be considered if no LSAT score is available); and

4. have an undergraduate grade point average at or above the median of the previous University of Akron Law School entering class. English majors who are not enrolled in the 3+3 program, or who do not meet the automatic admission criteria set forth above will still be considered for admission into the Law School on a case-by-case basis.

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Credits may be selected from any approved General Education course not already accounted for. 

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