Transfer Credit
A student who has completed one or more years at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association or at a state-approved law school may apply for transfer admission with advanced standing.
Transfer applicants shall submit:
- an LSDAS report as well as an official transcript and a letter of good standing from their previous law school in addition to the normal application materials
- at least one of the two required letters of recommendation must be from a faculty member who taught the student in law school
- LSAT scores over five years old are not acceptable for admission consideration.
In no event will more than 30 credit hours of transfer credit be given. No transfer credit for courses taken more than four years before the request for transfer credit is made will be granted.
Treatment of Transfer Credit
Transfer credit may be granted only after the school has received an official transcript from the school where the credit hours were earned. Transfer course work for which credit is given will be recorded on the student’s permanent transcript without a grade designation. It will not be calculated in the student’s grade point average.
Criteria for Transfer Credit
To qualify for transfer credit, a student shall provide evidence that:
- The student earned a grade considered "satisfactory" by the school where the course was taken. In no event may transfer credit be granted for courses in which the student received a grade lower than C or its equivalent (2.0 on a 4.0 scale). Courses graded on a Pass/Fail basis are not eligible for transfer credit.
- The course was worth at least two semester or three quarter credits. Credit for multi-term courses may be granted only if the student has completed the entire course and received a satisfactory grade in every term.
- The course was not taken more than four academic years before the student’s matriculation at UMass Law.
