Berkeley Law宣布接受GRE

GRE阵营又新增一所T14院校的加入！这次宣布入伙GRE的学校是：

Berkeley Law

他们都是继耶鲁法学院之后的第45所同意接受GRE用作JD申请的法学院。伯克利法学院官方宣称：

Berkeley Law will accept the GRE and GMAT in some cases to make the process of applying to the J.D. program simpler for those interested in concurrent or combined degree programs, and for the candidates who are most likely to pursue specialized practice fields (for example, in patent law, start-up law, energy law, etc.). These are areas in which Berkeley Law excels, and our goal is to continue to attract top applicants from around the world. [from Berkeley Law]

显然，虽然是接受了GRE，但是也许并不适用于大多数的申请人：更适合那些目标在联合项目的申请人。伯克利法学院官方也列举了哪些学生符合申请，比如：

Applicants to the J.D. program concurrently applying (in the same application cycle) to another U.C. Berkeley graduate or professional degree program.Example: Applicant A is applying to both the J.D. program and the MPP program at Goldman for fall 2021, plans to pursue a J.D./MPP, but will (if admitted to both) begin in the MPP program and defer law until fall 2022. The J.D. program will accept the applicant’s GRE score.

Applicants to the J.D. program who, at the time of application submission, are currently enrolled in another U.C. Berkeley graduate or professional degree program and who seek to begin a concurrent degree program the following fall. Example: Applicant B is a first-year MCP student in the Department of City and Regional Planning. They are applying to the J.D. program in order to begin a concurrent J.D./MCP degree program in fall 2020. The J.D. program will accept the applicant’s GRE score.

Applicants to the J.D. program who, at the time of application submission, are currently enrolled in a degree program eligible to be combined with a J.D. from Berkeley Law, and who seek to begin that combined degree program the following fall.Example: Applicant C is a first-year Masters of Arts student in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. They are applying to the J.D. program in order to begin a combined J.D./M.A. degree program in fall 2020. The J.D. program will accept the applicant’s GRE score.

Note: An applicant applying to the J.D. program who simply declares an intent to pursue a combined or concurrent degree program, without either already having applied to the other program or without being enrolled in such a program, is not eligible to apply with a GRE or GMAT score.

-- from Berkeley Law

自从2017年由亚利桑那法学院和哈佛法学院领头接受GRE以来，我们看到了越来越多的法学院宣布加入“GRE阵营”。截止目前（2019/9/5），一共有45所法学院愿意接受GRE用以代替LSAT进行JD入学申请，其中更有11所T10法学院！