<p>Is there a list anywhere of colleges that have 3+3 law school programs, where the first year of law school "double counts" as the last year of undergraduate school, and both degrees (bachelor's and J.D.) can be earned in a total of six years instead of seven? I noticed this option in one of the college brochures that came our way, and I would like to know what other schools offer a similar program.</p>
<p>Rice University + Columbia Law School</p>
<p>Washington and Lee University</p>
<p>UPenn through submatriculation.</p>
<p><a href="http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/policies/submatric.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/policies/submatric.cfm</a>
<a href="http://www.college.upenn.edu/curriculum/bajd.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.upenn.edu/curriculum/bajd.html</a></p>
<p>While it is not a 3+3 program, Georgetown Law Center does have the early assurance program. The program allows a Georgetown junior to apply without an LSAT score for a spot in the class when he graduates (in the regular four years). Of course, one could just opt to graduate in three years, thus rendering the program into a 3+3 one:)</p>
<p>Emory also has one.</p>
<p>Whitman College + Columbia Law</p>
<p>i think cardozo (it could be brooklyn though) has a program where you take the first semester of law school in the summer before your senior year of college, and the second semester the summer after senior year. that way, the fall after you graduate from college you already have the 1L year finished. it's more of a 4+2 than a 3+3, i suppose.</p>
<p>Most good schools don't have one. Also, who told you that Rice and Whitman have 3+3 programs with Columbia? It's possible that they have a program that lets you apply your junior year, but I don't think there's one you can apply for before that. There are two Rice grads and zero Whitman grads in the current CLS class.</p>
<p>George Washington University recently started offering a 3+3 program.</p>
<p>Illinois Institute of Technology
Loyola University Chicago</p>
<p>"Also, who told you that Rice and Whitman have 3+3 programs with Columbia?" </p>
<p>One can do 3 years at Whitman and 3 at Columbia, provided one has the numbers and the recommendation from the program liaison, and get both degrees in six years. Thus, couting some of the courses at Columbia towards the undergraduate degree. </p>
<p>I understand very few people apply to this program, as most people like to stay for four years at Whitman. Furthermore, if a student is sufficiently excellent for the program, the student might as well wait one year and aim a bit higher. </p>
<p>From what a friend at Rice has told me, the 3+3 program there is very competitive. Students typically do not apply, but are more or less urged or chosen for it. Again, this is what I have heard.</p>
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I understand very few people apply to this program, as most people like to stay for four years at Whitman. Furthermore, if a student is sufficiently excellent for the program, the student might as well wait one year and aim a bit higher.
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<p>Well, inasmuch as (as of last year) Whitman didn't have any graduates at Harvard, Yale or Columbia, I don't know how much I'd buy the idea that anybody really just wants to spend four years at Whitman or wait and "aim a bit higher." This could just be one of those programs that effectively exists only on paper. And in any event, this, like the Rice program, isn't something you can apply for as a freshman applicant to the school.</p>
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And in any event, this, like the Rice program, isn't something you can apply for as a freshman applicant to the school.
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<p>Well...</p>
<p>...for Rice, you must make your intentions clear very early. The ball starts rolling during one's junior year.</p>
<p>I also remember reading last year in Hamilton College's (NY) catalog that the school has a linkage program with Columbia Law.</p>
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The AILE Program is an early admission program existing between Columbia and 28 undergraduate institutions. The deans at each of these colleges annually nominate one or two outstanding members of their junior classes for admission to Columbia Law School. While matriculating at the School, these students elect the equivalent of one term of interdisciplinary study in other divisions of Columbia University. Eligible undergraduates may not apply on their own initiative; those interested should consult their deans or prelaw advisors for additional information about the AILE nomination process at their college or university.
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<p>I know Columbia has 3+3 program called AILE (The Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education ). There's a list but I forgot where it is on the site, that cites which colleges are in affiliation with this program. I believe they're all liberal arts schools, I remember seeing Bowdoin, Drew, and Amherst on the list.</p>
<p>Fordham University (NY)</p>
<p>Occidental College---->Columbia Law</p>
<p>RPI has one too</p>