University of Utah : S.J. Quinney College of Law

Transfer Students

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Transfer and visiting applicants must submit:

• Completed and signed application form for the J.D. program as a transfer or visiting student.
• Nonrefundable $60 application fee
• Resumé
• Official LSDAS report from LSAC, including undergraduate transcript showing bachelor's degree was conferred
• Official law school transcript with all first-year grades posted
• Personal statement outlining your reasons for seeking visiting or transfer status
• One letter of evaluation from a law school source with attached Letter of Evaluation Form
• Letter of good standing from current law school that includes class rank based on first-year courses or a statement that the school does not rank students. This should not be sent until all first-year grades (for transfer students) or most recent grades (for visitors) have been posted.

You may submit any other information you believe is relevant. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure the file is complete.

Transfer

To transfer from another ABA-accredited law school and earn a law degree at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, you must:

• have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution,
• be a student in good standing and have completed the first-year, full-time curriculum without having begun the second year,
• have a strong first-year academic record, and
• possess qualities that would contribute to the educational experience of all U. of U. law students.
• Transfer students may now apply for the S.J. Quinney College of Law Utah Law Review and journals write-on program. A transfer applicant may participate in the write-on competition held for 1L Students after the conclusion of spring semester finals. The transfer student will follow the same rules and will be afforded the same accommodations as current 1L students participating in the competition, and will have an opportunity to participate on any journal based on write-on performance. Participation in the competition does not affect the transfer admission decision in any way. To receive a write-on competition packet you must send an email message requesting a packet to aguilarr@law.utah.edu by 12 noon May 4, 2007.
  

The file completion deadline for Transfer applications is July 15. We reserve the right to refuse credit for any course work completed at another school.

Visiting

If you wish to transfer academic credit earned at the S.J. Quinney College of Law to another law school, you must apply as a visiting student. Visiting students may enter in the fall or spring semesters for a minimum of one semester and a maximum of two semesters. Visiting status cannot be converted to transfer status. File completion deadline is 35 days before the semester begins.