In order to be guaranteed consideration for admission to the JCCC Paralegal Program, all application materials must be received in the Admissions Office on or before the following dates:

To begin during spring semester -- Oct. 1
To begin during fall semester -- April 1
To begin during fall semester -- July 1

Applications received later than these dates will not be guaranteed consideration. Therefore, it would be beneficial to submit all required documentation as soon as possible. Applications already on file in the Admissions Office cannot be used.

Selective Admission Application

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Submission of Application Materials
The following materials must be submitted by the deadline date, and should be addressed to:

• Admission application (Previous paralegal applicants must submit a new application.)
• Official copies of all high school and college transcripts. You must submit a transcript from each school attended. All transcripts must be official copies sent directly to the Admissions office from the other school. Hand-carried copies will not be accepted. (If you have been out of high school more than five years, a high school transcript is not needed.) Please note: Transcripts from other institutions will be released to JCCC only upon request by the applicant. Each applicant is responsible for notifying each institution to forward official transcripts to JCCC. Students who have not attended JCCC for more than one year must reorder a transcript from each school attended.
• GED scores, if not a high school graduate.
• Watson-Glaser test score
• Academic Criteria Assessment Form

Selective Admissions
Admissions Office
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS 66210-1299

Verification of Receipt
Applicants will receive a letter verifying receipt of materials in the Admissions Office. In order to notify applicants of file status, it is strongly recommended that all materials be submitted well in advance of the deadline date. Please call the Admissions Office at (913) 269-8500 ext. 3679 or ext. 3438 if you have questions.

Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Test Score
The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Test is required of all individuals seeking admission to the JCCC Paralegal Program. You must achieve a minimum score of 25 to be considered for admission. The test will be administered by the JCCC Testing/Assessment Center, which is located on the third floor of the Student Center. There is no charge for the test. It is not necessary to schedule an appointment; you may take the exam on a walk-in basis during any of the Testing Center's normal hours of operation Tuesday through Friday. The test is not timed, but you should allow approximately 1-1/2 hours to complete the test. Because there are two forms of the test available (Form A and Form B), a student may take the second form, (the one he/she did not originally take) two weeks after taking the original test. Students will be required to wait three months before taking the test a third time. The Testing Center will forward your test results to the JCCC Admissions Office. Any questions regarding the taking of this test should be directed to the Testing/Assessment Center, (913) 469-3864.

Review of application
Your application for admission will be reviewed only after all of your application materials have been received. Applicants will be notified by mail as to whether or not they have successfully met the academic criteria.

Personal interview
All applicants who successfully meet the minimum academic criteria will be scheduled for an informational interview with the paralegal instructors.

Please note: Students who make application for admission during the semester in which they are completing the course prerequisites (i.e. ENGL 121, LAW 121,LAW 123 and LIBR 125) may be offered conditional acceptance into the program for the following semester; however, final acceptance will be contingent upon the student’s successful completion (with a "C" or better) of those prerequisite courses.

Acknowledgement of Acceptance
Those applicants who are offered a place in the Paralegal Program will have ten (10) working days to accept or deny their positions. To acknowledge acceptance, the applicant will be required to return a confirmation letter.

Transfer Students
Students who wish to transfer to JCCC’s Paralegal Program from a paralegal program in another institution must follow the same application procedures as all other students, and will be evaluated according to the same criteria.

Transfer students who are interested in obtaining paralegal transfer credit should contact the JCCC Paralegal Career Facilitator, Anita Tebbe, at 913-469-8500 x3184. In order to earn a paralegal certificate or degree from JCCC, a minimum of 18 hours of paralegal courses must be earned from JCCC.

Transfer credits will be accepted from colleges and universities starting from the year that they are accredited or hold candidacy status with:

• North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
• New England Association of Colleges and Schools
• Northwest Association of Colleges and Schools
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
• Western Association of Colleges and Schools or
• other institutions approved by JCCC.

All transfer credit will be converted to the semester-hour system. All credits earned with an "F" grade or higher will be articulated and calculated in your cumulative G.P.A. Quality points. Grade points will be articulated and averaged into your cumulative grade point average earned at JCCC.

Questions
All questions concerning the admission process should be directed to the Admissions Office, (913) 469-8500, ext. 3438.