Admissions
Begin your legal education journey with UT Law.
Admissions
Begin your legal education journey with UT Law.
Transfer and Visiting Students
Transfer Applicants
First-year law students at other institutions may apply to transfer to UT Law to complete their legal training. The transfer application period is May 15 through July 1. Application files should be complete no later than July to be considered for enrollment in the fall semester, which begins in late August.
Application process
Select the transfer application for the University of Tennessee at lsac.org.
The following items are required to complete your application file:
- Completed application for admission
- A CAS report, which the admissions staff will order. Your online account will be charged for the cost of the report.
- Two recommendations or evaluations, one of which should be from a law school faculty member at the law school you are currently attending
- A letter stating the reason(s) for seeking to transfer
- One writing sample: a personal statement or an essay
Additional required application materials
- A letter of good standing with an indication of class rank from the dean or the dean’s designee
- An official law school transcript
- A copy of the law school’s official catalog, or descriptions of first-year classes and the grading scale from the law school website
Application review process
The Admissions Committee considers each transfer applicant’s application, undergraduate and law school records, and the stated reasons for seeking to transfer. Transfer candidates must be in good standing at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
Transfer students admitted to the College of Law may receive up to 31 credit hours of transfer credit for classes successfully completed at their previous, ABA-approved law school. Credit only (not grades) are transferable. Transfer students are responsible for providing course descriptions and syllabi for previously completed courses to enable the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs to determine the amount of credit to be awarded. In addition, a determination will be made as to which UT Law course requirements may be satisfied by the transfer credit. The Associate Dean has discretion to refuse credit, in whole or in part, for courses completed at a previous school, based on review and consideration of the course materials submitted. Transfer students are ineligible for transfer credit any course in which they earned a grade lower than a C (2.0) or its equivalent. Upon transfer, the student must complete 58 credit hours or more at UT Law in order to graduate.
Articulation Agreement
We have an articulation agreement with the following:
Visiting Students
A student who is in good standing at a law school accredited by the ABA may take courses at the College of Law as space is available and with the permission of the dean or the dean’s designee. Applicants to visit at the College of Law should complete the visitor application process no later than four weeks before the beginning of the semester for which they are applying to visit. Decisions to allow candidates to visit will be made and communicated as soon as possible after the submission deadline.
Application process
An applicant must supply the following materials to the Office of Admissions for the file to be complete and forwarded to the Office of Student Records for consideration:
- Completed application form
- Your CAS report from LSAC (a copy from the law school attended will be accepted)
- Two recommendations, one of which should be from a law faculty member at your current law school
- A letter stating the reason(s) for seeking to visit
- One writing sample: a personal statement or an essay
Applicants must also supply the following materials from your current law school:
- A letter from the dean or the dean’s designee that includes authorization to visit and any limitations or specifications on courses which will be accepted by that school
- Indication of good standing, including class rank
- An official law school transcript
- A copy of the law school’s official catalog, or descriptions of first-year classes and the grading scale of from the law school website