All applicants except those who earned their first law degree entirely in English in an English-speaking country must take the TOEFL iBT or the paper-based TOEFL and the Test of Written English (TWE) by our admission deadline (December 15, 2015). We do not accept the IELTS or any other exam in place of the TOEFL. The minimum scores required for admission are:
TOEFL iBT: 105 overall score, with 26 on Reading and Listening sections and 24 on the Speaking and Writing sections;
Paper-based TOEFL: 620 overall score, with 59/60 on the Structure/Writing and Reading sections, 60/61 on the Listening section, and 5.0 on the TWE.
If your scores fall below these levels, your chances of admission could be adversely impacted even if other factors in your application are strong. You must decide whether to repeat the test based on how far below these scores your results fall; we cannot make this decision for you.
If you are applying for Early Review, your scores must be in your CAS report by November 3 (meaning you will need to take the exam at least a month beforehand to allow time for your scores to arrive at LSAC). Otherwise, you should register for and take the TOEFL by the December 15 deadline. We will not accept scores sent directly to us from ETS; you must submit them to LSAC for inclusion in your CAS report. All score reports we receive directly from ETS will be discarded.
You should take the TOEFL no later than our regular application deadline, December 15, 2015. TOEFL scores are valid for a maximum of two years from our application deadline (so you must have taken the TOEFL exam on or after December 15, 2013 for the scores to be considered in this application cycle). If your scores are lower than our minimum requirements, and you decide to retake the TOEFL after December 15, 2015, we cannot guarantee that the Committee will consider your late scores (and any additional scores or scores submitted after the deadline must still be submitted through LSAC).
Waivers of the TOEFL requirement are rarely granted, and are granted at the sole discretion of the Office of Graduate Legal Studies. Therefore, if you are planning to request a waiver, you should assume the request will be denied and make arrangements to take the test by the application deadline. Requests for waivers on the grounds that you have run out of time to take the exam or work primarily in the English language will not be granted. Waiver requests should be sent in writing by email to the Office of Graduate Legal studies (gls@law.columbia.edu) and should include a detailed description of why you think you qualify for a waiver. In your waiver request, if you have ever previously taken the TOEFL, you should also include your prior TOEFL score(s) and the date(s) taken. If you are granted a waiver, you must upload your waiver approval email to the “Attachments” section of this application. Waiver requests sent after December 15, 2015 will be automatically denied.
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