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Transfer Students

Whittier Law School welcomes transfer students into our community. Applicants who have previously attended another ABA-accredited law school are eligible to apply for admission to Whittier Law School if:

• You are in good academic standing,
• You are unconditionally eligible for readmission at your original school, and
• The original school is an ABA-accredited law school.

If any of these conditions do not apply, then you may apply to Whittier Law School, but as a first-year law student. For applicants who have been academically disqualified or dismissed from another ABA law school, you cannot apply as a first-year law student until two years from the date of disqualification has passed, unless you obtain a standard 505 letter from the previously disqualified school.

Assessment Criteria for Transfer Credit
The Office of Student Affairs will assess possible transfer credit based upon a review of the official transcript submitted to the Office of Admissions by the ABA-accredited law school from which ou week to transfer. Additional information, such as applicable course descriptions from the your current law school, may be requested.

A maximum of 30 hours of course credit from another ABA law school may be transferable to Whittier Law School. Transfer credit will not be granted for any units/courses in which the you received less than a “C” or equivalent grade, based upon the grading scale of the law school from which you seek to transfer. The Whittier Law School transcript will reflect the student’s transfer credits only as units. A transfer student’s cumulative grade point average at Whittier Law School will not include the grade point average you earned at a prior school. Only the grades earned at Whittier Law School will count toward the cumulative grade point average at Whittier Law School. Moreover, once you transfer to Whittier Law School, only the Whittier Law School cumulative grade point average will determine the student’s academic status and good standing. Once admitted, in order for a transfer student to qualify for good academic standing at Whittier Law School, you must achieve a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least a 2.5 at the end of the second semester at Whittier Law School.

If you have questions concerning your transfer status, please contact the Office of Admissions. Admission decisions are made in late July or early August. Transfer students assume the risk of losing credits if, in the opinion of the Law School, the course(s) are incompatible with Whittier’s required curriculum. Whittier Law School reserves the right to refuse any part of, or all, transfer credits for advanced standing. The amount of credit an accepted applicant will receive at Whittier for completed first-year work will not exceed 30 semester units (48 quarter units).

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