The Law School Early Admission program allows students to fast track an undergraduate degree at Bemidji State University and a law degree at the one of the partnered schools. Students earn a four-year bachelor’s degree and a three-year juris doctorate compressed into six years.

BSU Undergraduate Degree

• Complete 92 credits at Bemidji State University.
• Work closely with Dr. Patrick Donnay, pre-law advisor, and your faculty advisor, to make sure the first-year courses at the law school transfer to BSU as upper-level credits in your major and upper-level electives. These will complete the 28 credits needed for a BSU bachelor’s degree.
• First-year law school courses must be reviewed for approval to meet substitution requirements by the participating BSU department or program.
• Students will receive their bachelor’s degree after successful completion of their first year of law school.

Program Requirements

• Meet with Patrick Donnay, pre-law advisor, as early as possible in your academic planning process. Dr. Donnay will assist students and their academic advisors to ensure that bachelor degree requirements are met.
• Review the program requirements checklist to make sure you are meeting BSU graduation requirements before beginning law school.

Admission to law school

Participation in the 3+3 program does not guarantee admission into law school. Students must complete the same process required of all applicants to Mitchell Hamline law school or Case Western Reserve University.

• Complete the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and apply to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law or Case Western Reserve University by the fall of your third year of undergraduate study.
• Students not accepted into law school or who change their plans may complete their studies at Bemidji State to earn a bachelor’s degree.