Mercer University
GA · Private · South Atlantic
- Acceptance rate: 38% (1,184 applicants)
- Median LSAT: 157 (middle 50%: 155–160)
- Median GPA: 3.62 (middle 50%: 3.30–3.80)
- Tuition: $44,782 (per year)
- Bar passage: 86.5% (+6.8 pts vs. state average)
Deadlines
- /27: June 1, 2027
Essays
George W. Woodruff Scholarship essay (1 to 2 typed pages)
Lawyers are expressly prohibited by ethics rules from engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. Yet, sometimes lawyers conducting investigations leading to prosecution do engage in deceit and misrepresentation as part of these investigations. For example, lawyers working for the government often hire "testers" to apply for jobs or housing to uncover illegal discrimination. Lawyers for the government will instruct these testers to misrepresent their credentials or desire for the job or house and, in doing so, also cause innocent parties – parties who do not discriminate – to incur the costs involved in processing phony applications. Should this sort of conduct be prohibited? If so, why? If not, why not? If some should be permitted and some not, where would you draw the line and why?
Editor's notes
- Treat Jan. 15 as your real deadline. Mercer uses it as the priority date for both admission and scholarships, and the final June 1 date is mostly for filling seats. With no application fee, there's no reason to wait.
- If your numbers are strong, write the Woodruff essay. It's full tuition plus $5,000 a year for four students per class, and it has an earlier clock: essay and complete file by Dec. 15. The prompt is a legal ethics problem, so budget time to think, not just to write.
- Log in to LSAC and read the personal statement topics before you draft. Mercer says the statement covers specified topics listed only in the application. A strong general statement that ignores them won't answer what Mercer asked.
- Choose your test before you register. Mercer tells GRE applicants not to register for or sit the LSAT at all, so decide which exam you're using first.
Sources
- Mercer Law School, Apply now
- Mercer Law School, Juris Doctor (JD) admissions
- Mercer Law School, Tuition and cost
- Mercer Law School, Scholarships
- Mercer Law School, George W. Woodruff Scholarship
- Mercer Law School, Woodruff Scholarship application (PDF)
- Mercer Law School, Financial aid resources
- Mercer Law School, 3+3 Accelerated J.D. Program and FAQ (PDF)
- Mercer University, Special Consideration Program in Law (PDF)
- Mercer Law School, JD/MBA admissions
- Mercer Law School, Visit Mercer Law
