Admission for a academic year 2025/2026

All candidates  must register through the University of Warsaw’s registration system – IRK.

Applicants who do not have an IRK account must first create  the account in IRK and then register for the  Center for American Law Studies.

The recruitment is open until June 30, 2025.

We encourage  early applications due to limited number of places.
Applicants must complete their registration and submit all required documents by June 30, 2025.

To qualify for admission, an applicant must:

• be a law student or law Ph.D. student or,
• be a graduate of a law school or,
• be a student, Ph.D. student or graduate of other disciplines (e.g. linguistics, political science, economy) and have a basic knowledge of the Polish or foreign legal system, and
• have a thorough and conversational knowledge of English including legal language; and

 Applicant has to submit the following documents:

1. A completed application form together with one recent photo in the ID format (dowód osobisty); FORM
   
2. Cover letter in English with an explanation of the applicant’s interest in participating in the program and career goals
3. Students: an USOS transcript (or copy of index) with grades and subjects from all previous years (students);
   Law graduates: copy of the diploma  or copy of the bar, judicial or notary examination;
   Other graduates: copy of the diploma.
4. Curriculum vitae in English
5. Evidence of proficiency in English language such as: copy of a diploma from a foreign school in an English-speaking country, copy of a diploma from schools specializing in English language, or copy of the results of an English proficiency exams, e.g. TOEFL, if available. The  applicants may be invited for individual interviews online.

After registering for the CPA program in the IRK, applicants has to submit the required documents:

• by email to cpa@wpia.uw.edu.pl, or
• in person at the American Law Center, ul. Lipowa 4, 00-316 Warsaw, room 3.5 or
• by postal mail.

Fees

Tuition for UW students: The amount of tuition for UW students for the one year program in 2025/26 is 3.800 PLN

Tuition for students from other Universities The amount of tuition for other students  for the one year program in 2025/26 is 4.400 PLN

Tuition for graduates: The tuition for graduates is 6.800 PLN

Tuition for Legal Trainees (aplikanci): Special discount rate in the amount of 15% from full tuition  will be applied for legal trainees (aplikanci: radcowscy, adwokaccy, sędziowscy, notarialni) – 5.780 PLN

Tuition for advocates, legal counselors, judges, notaries: Special discount rate in the amount of 10% from full tuition will be applied for legal counselors, attorneys, judges, prosecutors and notaries - 6.120 PLN

All applicants may submit a motion  to divide the tuition into two instalment payments, with a short justification,  to the Director of the Program.

The entire tuition or the first instalment must be paid by September 30, 2025