Pace University

NY · Private · Mid-Atlantic

Acceptance rate: 44% (2,293 applicants)
Median LSAT: 154 (middle 50%: 151–157)
Median GPA: 3.54 (middle 50%: 3.31–3.74)
Tuition: $56,648 (per year)
Bar passage: 65.2% (-18.9 pts vs. state average)

Deadlines

Priority: June 1, 2027

Essays

Personal statement (500 words, double-spaced)

Please submit a written statement of 500 words or fewer explaining why you want to pursue a legal career and how attending the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University will help you achieve your personal and professional goals.

Haub Scholars statement of interest (1 to 2 pages)

Interested applicants should submit a 1-2 page statement of interest in the Haub Scholars Program as part of their application to the law school.

Character and fitness addendum (—)

If your answer "yes" to any of the character and fitness questions on the application, you must submit an addendum explaining the facts and circumstances of each incident.

Editor's notes

Apply early in the rolling cycle. Pace starts reviewing in November and calls June 1 a priority date, not a hard stop, but it reviews late files according to space. Seats and scholarship money don't grow as the cycle goes on.
Your 500 words have to answer why law and why Pace. Treat it as one essay with a hinge: the experience that pointed you to law, then the specific Pace program that gets you to the next step.
If environmental law is the real reason you're applying, say so and write the Haub Scholars statement. Pace calls its environmental law program No. 1, and the scholarship has its own essay. Don't claim the interest if you can't back it up with work you've done.
Read the scholarship terms before you deposit. Keeping a full merit award takes a 3.0 cumulative GPA under a mandatory 1L curve, and you drop to half below that. Ask how many students kept their awards.