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 minimum, two year's residence (60 credit hours at any time or, if they are the last remaining hours, 45 credit hours) in Loyola University College of Law is required of students to be eligible for a Loyola degree.
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.
Once a transfer applicant is accepted, the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs will determine how many credits will be accepted by Loyola from their prior law school. No credit will be awarded for a course taken at anohter law school unless the grade in that course is at least equal to the minimum grade point average required for graduation at that school. If the transfer student failed to earn a grade that is at least equal to the minimum grade point average required for graduation at the school from which the student seeks a transfer and the course is a Loyola required course, then the student must repeat that course at Loyola. The right to refuse credit in whole or part is reserved. Transfer quality points are not used in calculating the Loyola College of Law grade point average or rank in class.