How to Apply

To reserve your place in the summer programs, all applicants must complete and submit the following to the Graduate Programs office:

  • Application: Submit an online application. 
  • Deposit: $300 non-refundable deposit. The deposit will be applied toward your tuition if you are accepted into the program.
    • WFU Students: Deposit to be paid via DEAC account; go to View and Pay Accounts tab; to the right, it will say WFU Tuition Deposit Only (Heading), beneath is a tab that says PAY WFU TUITION DEPOSIT ONLY, click; opens a new window, type in the deposit amount; to the right is a dropdown menu where you select the term – Summer 2024; then finish the steps to put in the payment method and complete the payment.
    • Non-WFU students: Deposit to be paid via check to “Wake Forest University School of Law,” and mailed to the mailing address below.
  • Non-Wake Forest Students: In addition to the items listed above, you must provide an official transcript and a Letter of Good Standing from your law school, along with a $30 application fee. Please have your official transcript(s) and Letter of Good Standing submitted to Christi Hardwick at hardwic@wfu.edu. The application fee is non-refundable. Your application fee and deposit should be paid in two separate checks and mailed to:

WFU School of Law
Attn: Christi Hardwick
P.O. Box 7206
1834 Wake Forest Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Please note that Wake Forest University requires separate/ additional information and forms to be submitted to the university once a student is notified they have been accepted into the program. For more information, please see Required Pre-Departure Forms.

Priority deadline for WFU students to apply: XXX. After this date, we will open registration to non-WFU law students.

Final deadline for all students (WFU & Non-WFU) to apply and deposit: XXX

Please note that we cannot hold or award a spot in the program unless a student has met the eligibility requirements,  submitted all required application materials, and the deposit and application fee (for non-WFU students) have been received. Spots are awarded on a first-come-first-served basis to students who have met the aforementioned criteria by the stated deadlines. If there are more Wake Forest students submitting registrations than there are spots in the program, a waiting list will be created.

The summer study abroad program requires a minimum of 10 students to run. The law school will make a final determination regarding whether a program will be offered in March of each year based on the number of deposited students. Students should complete the application process by the stated deadline; however, do not purchase plane tickets or make additional financial commitments until confirmation is received.