Southern Illinois University School of Law is a full-time, day-time program with fall, spring and summer admission.

Students who are in good standing at other ABA-accredited law schools may be eligible for admission to the Southern Illinois University School of Law with advanced standing. Acceptance of transfer applications is always discretionary.

Accepted transfer applicants must satisfy all graduation requirements of the law school, ( 90 semester hours ) which may require you to take first-year courses you did not take at your original law school or which our law faculty determine to be not equivalent to courses previously taken. The law school will grant credit for a course from another law school only if the grade earned is equal to or better than the grade average required by the other law school for graduation from that school.

If a transfer student has completed more than one full year of law study, credit will be given for courses in excess of one year only in exceptional cases.

Upon receiving all of the aforementioned documents, the Admissions Committee will evaluate your file.

1.       a completed application form,

2.       a $50 application fee,

3.       an official transcript received from your undergraduate school showing receipt of the baccalaureate degree, (The transcript that is included in your LSDAS Report does NOT meet this requirement.)

4.       an official transcript received from your law school showing grades earned in all first-year courses,

5.       course descriptions for all completed first-year courses,

6.       LSDAS Report contained in the applicant's file with the original law school or through LSAC,

7.       a statement from the law school registrar certifying your class rank after completion of all first year courses,

8.       a letter from the law school dean certifying that you are in good academic standing and are eligible unconditionally for readmission to that school after completion of all first-year courses.