Overview

Applicants for admission to the School of Law at The University of New Mexico are required to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), to register for the Law School Data Assembly Service, and to have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university before the time of registration.

Key Features

Beginning law students will matriculate at the beginning of the fall semester only. The normal period for a full-time law student to complete requirements for a J.D. degree is three years.

First-year law students enrolled in the full-time program may work no more than 15 hours per week. Second- and third-year law students may work no more than 20 hours per week.

Programme Structure

First-Year. The student must take the full required first-year curriculum offered upon entrance.

Second-Year. Students must take the two credit Legal Research course in their second year (effective with the class of 2013) They also must take the Constitutional Rights class in the Fall of the second year.

Professional Responsibility. Students must take and pass Ethics, a professional responsibility course. This requirement is a pre- or co-requisite with the clinic program.

Clinic. The student must participate satisfactorily in at least six hours of clinical law school credit, as prescribed by the faculty. No extern field experience courses or skills courses apply toward this requirement. There are pre-requisites and/or co-requisites for some clinical courses. To be eligible for clinic courses, a student must have successfully completed 40 credit hours.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Albuquerque, United States

Disciplines

International Law Public Law Business Law View 61 other PhDs in Public Law in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Electronic Application

Personal Statement

Résumé

Academic Addendum (optional)

Lived Experiences Statement (optional)

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

29146 USD / year

≈ 29146 USD / year
Out-of-State

29146 USD / year

≈ 29146 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

10084 USD / year

≈ 10084 USD / year

Living costs

Albuquerque

United States

870 - 1360 USD / month

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