What is the Credential Assembly Service (CAS)?

According the LSAC, the Credential Assembly Service (CAS) "simplifies" the law school admission process.  It is required to apply for law school.  It is the place where you send all your transcripts, letters of recommendation, and evaluations.  LSAC and CAS work together and combine all your documents, LSAT score, and writing sample to create a report for you.  When your completed application is received by law schools, the law school requests your report from LSAC.  It simplifies the application process in the sense that you submit all your information to one place instead of you sending individual applications to each school. It is to your benefit that you become familiar with the LSAC and CAS so that when you apply you know exactly what to do and where to send things.  It will ease your process. 

I will highlight the most important information you should know when you apply

 
LSAC says you can create your CAS file in any order but it must be done before law school reports are sent out and should be done at least four to six weeks before your first law school application deadline.  This is something you should register for very early on in your application process so that you have it set up and ready.

You must pay a fee of $124 and your account will be active for 5 years. 

Here are the steps:

Almost every law school you apply to will require you to sign up for both LSAC and CAS.  LSAC provides that information here,

If you have trouble deciphering the LSAC website, here is a key to the code that is used by LSAC:

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