Advanced
Standing-Transfer and Visiting Applicants
If
you have attended another ABA-accredited law school and performed
well, you may apply for admission with advanced standing.
Considerations include available space at the UH Law Center, academic
records at all previous schools, and compelling circumstances.
The
Office of Admissions requires the following from transfer or visiting
applicants:
- completed application
form
- non-refundable application fee of $70
- official law school transcript (reflecting complete first-year
grades)
- official
LSDAS report
- letter from your law school attesting to your good standing and
class rank
- personal statement on reasons for transfer or visit
- (visiting students only) letter from your law school stating that
credits earned at the Law Center will be accepted toward degree
requirements.
Transfer Applicants
Please read the LSAC
Statement Regarding Transfer Admission
Admission
as a transfer student is very competitive, and first consideration
is given to applicants who have performed extremely well (generally
top 5%) in their law school careers.
Transfer applicants must have completed the equivalent
of the first year of law school and all or most
of the Law Center's first-year required courses
(Torts, Property, Contracts, Criminal Law, Civil
Procedure, Constitutional Law, Legal Research, and
Legal Writing.) Transfer applicants may transfer
a maximum of 30 semester hours of credit, with hours
rather than grades noted on your final UH Law Center
transcript. Transfer applications will not be considered
with fewer than 22 graded hours. **Transfers
allowed only in the Fall semester.
Transfer
Application Deadline - July 15
Visiting
Applicants
Students
in good standing at another ABA-accredited law school may apply
to visit the UH Law Center and apply any earned credits toward degree
requirements at their home school. Current UH Law Center
students have first priority at registration, and visiting students
should submit primary and alternate course selections to their home
school when seeking approval of potential credits. Visiting
students are not permitted to register for first-year courses, and
they must arrange their financial aid through their home school
via a consortium agreement arranged through the Office of Admissions.
Special provisions may apply to students who attend other Houston-area
law schools.
Visiting
Student Application Deadlines:
Fall semester - July 15
Spring
semester - November 15
Summer sessions - April 15
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