Prospective Student Webinar
Interested in learning more? View the recordings of our prospective student webinars to learn more about the JD-Next Program.
A Gamechanger for Aspiring Law School Students
JD-Next is a supportive and reliable measurement of a student’s ability to learn.
The program features two key components:
- A self-paced online course that introduces students to fundamental reading and analysis skills.
- An examination consisting of 80 questions and an ungraded essay.
JD-Next Benefits
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JD-Next Scholarship Information
JD-Next offers to those who qualify and are selected a scholarship based on demonstrated financial need. Recipients of the scholarship would pay $50 instead of $299 for the JD-Next course and exam. Please click the button below for details.
Why JD-Next?
JD-Next has been proven to result in equal or better examination results than other entrance exams. In as little as 6 hours per week, you will learn critical concepts and skills in our course and will also prepare for the most innovative law school entrance exam available.
Benefits of the JD-Next Course:
- JD-Next exposes students to thinking and performing like a law student.
- Learn about pathways for the legal profession.
- Learn about law school admissions and financing options.
Benefits of the JD-Next Examination:
- The JD-Next exam is a valid and reliable way to predict success in law school.
- Unlike legacy exams, the JD-Next exam results in little to no score disparities for under-represented groups.
- Students who participated in the program, regardless of whether they took the final exam, had, on average, .20 points higher on their first year law school GPA.
Who Accepts JD-Next?
The American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions Council has approved a variance for over 50 law schools (over 25% of all U.S. law schools) to use the program in lieu of other admissions tests including the LSAT and GRE.
JD-Next Benefits
"JD-Next introduced the idea of issue spotting. Every lawyer and every law student knows what that means. So much of your first year is issue spotting."
-Laura, University of California Irvine
How Does JD-Next Help Law School Admission?
Students receive two pieces of admissions information:
- Test Score
- Course Credit
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