Transferring to Memphis Law

If you are interested in attending Memphis Law as a transfer, start-over or visiting student, there are several steps that you must take in order to apply. Our electronic application is available through the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). You must create an online account with LSAC and register for the Credential Assembly Service (CAS) via your LSAC online account to send electronic applications through LSAC for processing and transmission to the University of Memphis School of Law. 

Visit the Law School Admissions Council for information regarding the LSAT dates and deadlines. You are welcome to contact the Law Admissions Office by email or at 901.678.5403.

Transfer Admission

Admission as a transfer student to the Memphis Law is competitive. To be considered for transfer admission, an applicant must be in good standing at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), including provisionally-approved schools, at the time of transfer. A transfer student is any student who has earned credit and is in good standing at a law school on the approved list of the American Bar Association, including provisionally-approved schools, at the time of transfer. Students interested in transferring should submit a completed application along with a $25.00 application fee and the application is available at LSAC's website. 

A completed application for transfer consists of:

• CAS report
• Letter of good standing from the law school dean
• Official document stating class rank
• Official transcript of credits earned from all previously attended law schools
• Letter of recommendation from a current law school professor
• Personal statement addressing the applicant's interest in and reasons for transferring to the University of Memphis School of Law

The dean or the dean's designate will make transfer-application decisions after reviewing the completed transfer application and after considering the number of places available in the class. Once approved, a student may not utilize more than 30 semester hours toward the student's degree at Memphis Law, unless an exception is granted by the Academic Affairs Committee.

Credit for law school work competed at law schools other than at the Memphis Law will be credited toward fulfilling graduation requirements only after individual consideration by the Dean. No credit, however, will be given for work completed in a United States Law School which is not ABA approved. Additionally, no credit will be given for work taken in a pre-admission program. Advanced standing will be granted only for work done at another law school after the student has completed a Baccalaureate degree. To be eligible for transfer, credit earned in each course considered for transfer credit must be at least equal to the overall grade point average required for graduation (2.0 / 'C' or better) at the Memphis Law.

Transfer applicants are eligible to compete for Moot Court and Mock Trial traveling teams, and those interested are encouraged to contact the Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board or the Moot Court Board Faculty Advisor, Professor Barbara Kritchevsky at bkrtchvs@memphis.edu. Transfer applicants are also encouraged to contact Career Services at 901.678.3217 or lawcareerservices@memphis.edu for information pertaining to recent graduate employment and fall recruitment programs.

The application deadlines for transfer admission are: December 15 (spring semester), April 15 (summer session) and July 15 (fall semester). Transfer inquiries should be directed to the Law Admissions Office at 901.678.5403 or lawadmissions@memphis.edu.

Visiting Admission

A student who is in good standing at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) may request to take courses at the Cecil C Humphreys School of Law on a non-degree basis with the written permission of the Dean or the Dean's designee. Written permission from the applicant's current law school must be received before an application for visiting status will be reviewed. An individual interested in visiting status should complete the application form and pay the fee as well as submit a letter of good standing from his or her current law school, a letter of authorization from his or her current law school granting permission to take courses at the Cecil C Humphreys School of Law, a copy of the front page of the CAS report, a personal statement addressing the reasons for requesting visiting status, and an official law school transcript. The application deadlines for visiting admission are: December 1 (spring semester), April 15 (summer session) and July 15 (fall semester).

Startover Admission

The School of Law may admit to the first year entering class a student who has been academically excluded from an ABA accredited law school if, in the opinion of the Admissions Committee, the student has made an affirmative showing that he or she "possesses the requisite ability and that the prior disqualification does not indicate a lack of capacity to complete the course of study at the admitting school" pursuant to ABA Standard 505. The number of students who can be admitted as startovers in any given year is limited to five (5).