A limited number of students (up to 25 per year) will be selected to join the Pre-Law Scholars Program (PLSP) before their enrollment as undergraduates at OU. The Pre-Law Scholars Program will allow these highly motivated Honors College students interested in the practice of law or judicial service to complete both a Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor at the University of Oklahoma in six years.
In order to be selected for the Pre-Law Scholars Program (PLSP), incoming freshmen students must first be admitted to OU, and then complete the combined Honors College/PLSP application by the January 15th deadline. PLSP offers will be made no later than March 1st.
Pre-Law Scholars will spend their first three years enrolled in undergraduate courses, fulfilling the requirements of the Honors College and their majors/minors. By the end of the third year, they must have completed a minimum of 98 hours of undergraduate credit, including all degree requirements except electives, with at least 30 semester credit hours. (15 upper-division major credit courses) in residence at OU, prior to the first day of law school. By accepting the first year of law school coursework as elective credits in the final year of undergraduate study, the Pre-Law Scholars Program cuts a full year from the standard 7-year path to a Juris Doctor.
Program participants take the LSAT and apply for admission to the OU Law School during their third year. Application fees will be waived for students applying to OU Law through the Pre-Law Scholars Program. All Pre-Law Scholars who meet the following criteria will be guaranteed admission to the Law School provided they:
- Earn an LSAT score that is at or above the median LSAT score for the prior year's entering class at the OU Law School.
- Earn a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.4
- Successful completion of the Honors curriculum and 98 undergraduate credit hours
- No criminal arrests or convictions that would make you otherwise ineligible for admission to the Bar upon graduation from the Law School
