Application Fee Waivers

LSAC Fee Waivers

The Law School is happy to honor fee waivers granted by LSAC.

If you received a fee waiver from LSAC, the application fee will be waived automatically when you submit your application through LSAC. You do not need any additional confirmation or approval from the Law School.

Law School Fee Waivers

Eligibility

Fee waiver requests are accepted starting September 1 when the application becomes available until the application deadline of March 1 each year. The Law School will waive the application fee for the following JD applicants*:

1. Teach for America participants and alumni who completed service within the last five years,
2. Those currently serving active duty in the U.S. military, U.S. military veterans, and members of the U.S. Reserves and National Guard,
3. Peace Corps participants and alumni who completed service within the last five years and who provide a letter from their supervisor confirming completion of the 27-month commitment,
4. AmeriCorps participants and alumni who completed service within the last five years and who provide a letter from their supervisor confirming at least a 10-month commitment, 
5. Undergraduate students currently enrolled at the University of Chicago, and
6. Those approved for a Law School fee waiver based on financial need.

*The Law School does not grant fee waivers to transfer applicants unless they receive an application fee waiver from LSAC.

Requesting an Application Fee Waiver

To request a Law School JD application fee waiver based on financial need, please complete our online UChicago Law JD Fee Waiver Application. Instructions are at the top of the form. This application is used to determine eligibility for a waiver of the UChicago Law JD application fee only; this fee waiver is not available for our LLM program. It can take up to a week for the Financial Aid Office to process your need-based fee waiver application. Your eligibility determination (and the fee waiver code, if eligible) will be sent to the email address included on the application.

To request any other Law School fee waiver listed above, please email admissions@law.uchicago.edu with your eligibility and request an application fee waiver code.

If you are eligible for a Law School fee waiver, we will email you an application fee waiver code. You must use this code when you submit your application through LSAC. Please do not pay the application fee. We will not be able to issue refunds to applicants who pay the fee. 

Candidate Referral Service Application Fee Waivers

The Law School will also send out additional fee waivers to applicants based upon data from the Candidate Referral Service (CRS) and in conjunction with various recruiting events. The Law School is unable to consider individual fee waiver requests by email, phone, or in person outside of the eligibility requirements above.