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26in outside employment must report the quantity of such workper week and may be asked 10 withdraw from the school if theamount of time spent in outside employment is deemed excessiveor appears to interfere with full-lime study of law. Outsideemployment should in no case exceed 15 hours per week.Admission ProceduresAn application form and additional information may be ob.tained by writing toOffice of AdmissionsSchool of LawTexas Tech UniversityP.O. Box 4030Lubbock. Texas 79409The completed application fonn should be returned to the abovead.dress at the earliest opportunity after the beginning of the applicant'ssenior year. There'is no application fee.The last date for filing application forms is May 1 for admissionin August, but substantially earlier filing is strongly recommended.Applicants ming after March 1 will be at a oonsiderabledisadvantage in competing for the limited number of placesavailable in the next entering class.Applications for admission to the Master of Business Administrationand Doctor of Jurisprudence joint degree program (describedunder "Programs of Study") should be made to both theSchool of Law and the Graduate School of Texas Tech University.Applications to the Graduate School can be obtained bywriting directly to that school. Applicants must meet the regularadmission requirements of each school and must be acceptedby each to be eligible for the program. If a student is undecidedabout whether to pursue the joint program, application to theGraduate School can be delayed until the beginning of the thirdsemester in law school.Students having questions concerning law school admissionpolicies may find the Prelaw Handbook (mentioned in more detailunder "Law School AdmiSSion Test") generally helpful. Studentswith specific questions should feel free to contact theS.chool of Law. Interviews are neither required nor encouragedsince they cannot be granted to all applicants and since decisionsare made by evaluating the application materials on the basis ofspecified criteria. It is suggested that the applicants make theirapplications as complete as possible by submitting all materialsthey think will be helpful to the committee and by supplementingtheir applications as the need arises.Official prelaw advisers on many campuses in Texas are listed?t the en.d of this catalog. They should be able to provide muchInformalton of assistance to prelaw students.Transcripts and LSDASA student may have an application considered after completingat least six semesters or nine quarters of undergraduatework. The applicant is required to register with the Law SchoolData Assembly Service (LSDAS) by rompleting and mailing theregistration form supplied with the Bulletin of Information forthe LSAT. A transcript from each college or university attendedshould then be sent directly to LSDAS. Educational TestingService, Box 944, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. It is not necessary.at this point, to forward transcripts to the School of Law.The LSDAS will analyze the transcripts and forward a reportto the law schools designated on the registration form. It is importantto rerognize that oonsiderable lead time is required for anundergraduate transcript to be processed through LSDAS. Noless than eight weeks should be allowed for this process. Uponadmission. it will be necessary for the student to furnish to theSchool of Law one official transcript showing final grades andreceipt of undergraduate degree. If a student has attended morethan one college or university, one official transcript should beforwarded from each institution attended. Before admission.additional transcripts, other than those supplied throughLSDAS. should be submitted to the School of Law only in responseto a specific request.Law School Admission TeslThe applicant must take the Law School Admission Test andrequest that the score be reported to the School of Law. The testusually is given in October, December, February, April, and Juneof each year. It is recommended that the applicant take the testno later than February prior to prospective entrance to theSchool of Law, and it is strongly recommended that it be takenearlier if at all possible.The Law School Admission Bulletin, which contains informa·tion concerning the lest, sample questions, application forms,and a list of the testing centers may be obtained by applying inperson at the School of Law or by writing to Law School AdmissionTest, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey08540. A sample of the test, including new types of questions,a discussion of the different types of questions, an analysis ofthe correct answers, and information about test-taking strategiesmay be found in the Law School Admission Bulletin. No othermaterial is reoommended by the Law School Admission Coun·cil for study preparation for the LSAT.27