Transfer + Advanced Standing Admission
A student who has pursued law study at another law school approved by the American Bar Association and who wishes to apply for transfer or advanced standing admission must follow the same application procedure as an applicant for initial admission.
The applicant also must present an official transcript of at least one year's law study. As a general rule, applicants should have completed no more than one-half of their law program prior to admission to Loyola. At a maximum, credit given for work pursued in another law school shall not exceed two-thirds of the requirements for the Juris Doctor degree. Loyola reserves the right to refuse prior credit in whole or in part.
A student who has attended another law school and who has been excluded for defective scholarship, or is on scholastic probation, is not eligible for admission to this College of Law.
Transfer applicants must present evidence of eligibility required of entering students the year in which they began the study of law. They also must present evidence of above-average academic study in their prior law record. Documents which must be submitted to the Office of Admissions prior to evaluation for transfer are:
- a copy of your most recent LSDAS report (if you have not previously applied to Loyola);
- a letter of good standing from the previous law school attended;
- an official copy of your most recent law school transcript; and
- a statement of the reasons you need or want to transfer.
Transfer quality points are not used in calculating the Loyola College of Law grade point average or rank in class.