Admissions
Transfer Procedures
All candidates are required to apply using the UF LSAC electronic application process at www.lsac.org.
Please do not file at the deadline. All required data must be received by the Admissions Office no later than the file completion deadlines listed below. Any deadline falling on a weekend or holiday automatically moves forward to the next business day.
- October 1, 2007, application and file completion deadline for Spring 2008
(ATTENTION: Deadline Extended to October 8, 2007) - March 1, 2008, application and file completion deadline for Summer 2008
- July 1, 2008, application deadline; July 15, 2008, file completion deadline for Fall 2008
(Note: All deadlines are “in-hand” dates)
Students attending a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) may apply for transfer to the Levin College of Law if they are in goodstanding at their current institution and their academic rank is in the upper third or higher after completion of the required first-year, full-time curriculum. Applicants who have received
law degrees from another institution or bachelor’s degrees in conjunction with a law program are not eligible for transfer. Transfer credit will not be awarded for correspondence courses or for work not done in residence at an ABA-accredited law school. A maximum of 29 semester hours can be transferred.
Applicants must submit the following information by the deadlines listed on pages 49 and 50 of the UF Law Prospectus:
- Application filing options: See TRANSFER CERTIFICATION FORMS This document is a supplemental form and is part of the transfer/visitors UF electronic application process. The certification form must be completed by your law school and sent directly to UF Law Admissions by the cited file completion deadline. The form must be accompanied by your official law school transcript.
- Current LSDAS Law School Report from LSAC. By applying through the UF LSAC electronic application process, your report is automatically requested.
- Statement to the Admissions Committee relating the applicant’s reasons for wanting to attend the College of Law.
- Upon receipt of a completed application, the Admissions Committee will evaluate transfer requests based on the following:
- Space availability
- Admission standards for non-transfer candidates
- Applicant’s current law school record
- Applicant’s reasons for requesting a transfer