Does Columbia not waitlist people? The impression I get is those of us who haven't heard back yet are delayed for further review until others reject their offers in late March or April? Let me know what you guys think.

I think you are right, since they have sent several rejections already. Those who hasn´t received a response yet are probably on a kind of 'waitlist'.

Yeah they claim if you haven't heard back it simply means they haven't read your app yet but it's mid March, and surely they've had a chance to review most by now. I haven't seen them communicate a 'waitlist' decision so I'm assuming we're sort of on hold until people drop out.

Does Columbia not waitlist people? The impression I get is those of us who haven't heard back yet are delayed for further review until others reject their offers in late March or April? Let me know what you guys think.

I think you are right, since they have sent several rejections already. Those who hasn´t received a response yet are probably on a kind of 'waitlist'.

Yeah they claim if you haven't heard back it simply means they haven't read your app yet but it's mid March, and surely they've had a chance to review most by now. I haven't seen them communicate a 'waitlist' decision so I'm assuming we're sort of on hold until people drop out.

I applied for Early Admission and was deferred to the regular cycle but I have not received a definitive response yet. I think the "waitlist theory" makes sense because, under normal circumstances, I would have been rejected or accepted already . Every case is different though, good luck!.

It does say online that they won't have even finished reviewing applicants until end of April... So I'm not sure. Has anyone heard they will only accept applicants with 2+ yrs of professional legal experience?

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I heard that they do admit some who don't have 2+ yrs experience, but it's an exception. Perhaps that's why my app is taking so long- I just graduated from law school in Sept 2015 and only have internship and summer associate experience. They could be balancing the various factors carefully when it comes to a recent graduate if that's also your case.

Anyone still waiting to hear from them?

Still waiting!

It does say online that they won't have even finished reviewing applicants until end of April... So I'm not sure. Has anyone heard they will only accept applicants with 2+ yrs of professional legal experience?

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I heard that they do admit some who don't have 2+ yrs experience, but it's an exception. Perhaps that's why my app is taking so long- I just graduated from law school in Sept 2015 and only have internship and summer associate experience. They could be balancing the various factors carefully when it comes to a recent graduate if that's also your case


That's promising as yes I am a recent graduate also!

I am releasing my seat next week, so good luck guys :)

It does say online that they won't have even finished reviewing applicants until end of April... So I'm not sure. Has anyone heard they will only accept applicants with 2+ yrs of professional legal experience?

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I heard that they do admit some who don't have 2+ yrs experience, but it's an exception. Perhaps that's why my app is taking so long- I just graduated from law school in Sept 2015 and only have internship and summer associate experience. They could be balancing the various factors carefully when it comes to a recent graduate if that's also your case.

I was admitted and I am graduating this semester, so there's hope for you guys too! Best of luck. I received my admission email this week.

It does say online that they won't have even finished reviewing applicants until end of April... So I'm not sure. Has anyone heard they will only accept applicants with 2+ yrs of professional legal experience?

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I heard that they do admit some who don't have 2+ yrs experience, but it's an exception. Perhaps that's why my app is taking so long- I just graduated from law school in Sept 2015 and only have internship and summer associate experience. They could be balancing the various factors carefully when it comes to a recent graduate if that's also your case.
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I was admitted and I am graduating this semester, so there's hope for you guys too! Best of luck. I received my admission email this week.

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Thanks and congrats! May I ask what country you graduated law school from?

Dear all,
Dear future classmates,

I have just created a Facebook group for those who have already decided to enroll at CLS. You may find it under the following title "Columbia Law School LL.M. 2016-2017".

I believe it would be a good way to start connecting with each other before moving to NYC!

I look forward to hearing from all of you!

Best,
P.

Nice initiative Klix. However I can locate the group by searching for it? Do you mind putting up a link?

Has anyone heard back from CLS ?

Has anyone heard back from CLS ?

I wrote them due to other School's deadlines coming soon, and they answered me this:

'Thank you for your email. Admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis, in most cases by the end of April. If you would like your application to be considered for an expedited review, please send us an email with the following information:

-The official email correspondence from the law school (s) to which you have been accepted, making sure that the decision deadline is clearly visible within the correspondence. You can do this by attaching the offer to an email or by forwarding to us the email you received.
-Documentation of any financial aid you may have received. The documentation you send should include the dollar amount of your financial aid award.

The Admissions Committee will do its best to get an answer to you approximately one week prior to your earliest deadline, but please note that we cannot guarantee that the Admissions Committee will be able to make an expedited decision'.

Of course. For our collective convenience, and to keep the group clean and safe from eventual spam, please send me a PM on Facebook while requesting to join the group (you should find me as admin), along with a copy of your admission and/or deposit receipt to confirm enrollment:

The following is the link to the above-mentioned group:

https://web.law.columbia.edu/admissions/graduate-legal-studies/admitted/updates-and-reminders

Oh. I'd asked them for an expedited review as well. They responded about 6 days back saying that they will try to take a decision in time for my other deadlines. Let's see..

Can you please give me the email address that I need to write to to ask for the expedited review? thx

Sure. Just drop an email to gls@law.columbia.edu.

thx!! :)

It does say online that they won't have even finished reviewing applicants until end of April... So I'm not sure. Has anyone heard they will only accept applicants with 2+ yrs of professional legal experience?

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I heard that they do admit some who don't have 2+ yrs experience, but it's an exception. Perhaps that's why my app is taking so long- I just graduated from law school in Sept 2015 and only have internship and summer associate experience. They could be balancing the various factors carefully when it comes to a recent graduate if that's also your case.
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I was admitted and I am graduating this semester, so there's hope for you guys too! Best of luck. I received my admission email this week.

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Thanks and congrats! May I ask what country you graduated law school from?

Thanks! Sure. I graduated law school from Norway.