A limited number of graduates of non-U.S. law schools who wish to prepare for law practice in the United States may be admitted to the Juris Doctor program. A student in this program who completes 28 credit hours of course work at this law school with a grade-point average of 2.0 or above may petition the Academic ­Scholarship Committee to be granted 28 hours of advanced standing for law studies outside the U.S. and thereby earn the J.D. degree in two years. A student whose average is below 2.0 after taking 28 hours of course work must complete the full J.D. program, which requires 84 hours of course work. Students will be admitted to this program only at the start of the fall semester.

The deadline for application materials is March 31, but applicants are encouraged to submit applications well in advance of the deadline.

Master of Laws–Juris Doctor Transfer Program

Each year a limited number of outstanding non-U.S. law school graduates in the Master of Laws degree program will be considered for admission to the Juris Doctor degree program as transfer students. Once admitted, students are eligible to apply to the Academic Scholarship Committee for advanced standing consistent with the process set out above for admission of non-U.S. law school graduates to the J.D. degree program. Students admitted under this program may begin J.D. studies in the fall semester of the year of their admission only.

To be considered for transfer admission, applicants must notify the J.D. Admissions Office in writing of their interest by November 1 of their first semester of LL.M. enrollment; successfully complete at least one course from the required J.D. curriculum during their first semester of LL.M. enrollment; and take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) no later than December. In addition, applicants are responsible for requesting that copies of all official records from prior academic institutions attended and TOEFL scores be sent from the International Graduate Programs Office to the J.D. Admissions Office; these documents and a completed J.D. transfer application form are due in the J.D. Admissions Office by February 1.  A completed application must be submitted online through the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) no later than March 31.