international student. In addition to meeting standard admissions requirements, these applicants, if admitted, must submit the following: • Non-U.S. citizens must include a copy of immigration documents (such as current U.S. visa or permanent resident card) when submitting the application. • Letter of Financial Backing and Statement of Understanding (U.S. citizens and permanent residents are exempt).
Dean T. Gerald Treece has served as director and coach of the law school’s best-in-the-nation Advocacy Program for nearly 40 years. Through his leadership, the school is one of only three in the nation consistently ranked in the top 10 for trial advocacy by U.S. News & World Report. To date, the law school’s Advocacy Program has won more than 120 national advocacy championships. No other law school in the United States has won half as many.
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign
Language)
Applicants who obtained their degree from a country in which English is not the official language of instruction must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and submit results to South Texas College of Law Houston.
Transfer Application Deadlines: Fall Semester: June 15 Spring Semester: December 1
In order to be admitted with advanced standing, a transfer applicant must have earned credit for at least 24 semester hours at an ABA-accredited law school. The law school will not award credit for more than 30 semester hours earned at another law school. Transfer applicants are required to submit the following: 1. Completed application for admission 2. $55 nonrefundable application fee 3. An official letter of good standing from the law school from which the applicant is attempting to transfer 4. Personal statement 5. Resumé 6. Official transcript reflecting all law grades earned South Texas College of Law Houston admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age or disability in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, or other school-administered rights, privileges, programs or activities generally accorded or made available to students at the college. South Texas College of Law Houston does not represent, warrant, or claim that by attending or graduating from the law school, an accepted applicant will pass the bar exam or be accepted to the bar in any
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If you are waiting for your final grades, we ask that you send your application, supporting documentation, and official transcript as soon as they are available. Decisions on transfer applications cannot be made until all of the above items are received.
Visiting Applicants
A student from another ABA-accredited law school may apply to South Texas College of Law Houston as a visiting student, subject to availability of space. Visiting students must submit the following: 1. Application for admission 2. $55 non-refundable application fee 3. A letter of good standing from their law school, indicating that the transfer credit will be accepted toward the student’s current degree program.
state. In addition, South Texas College of Law Houston does not represent, warrant, or claim that by attending or graduating from the law school or by subsequently being admitted to the bar of any state, an accepted applicant to the law school will become employed in a legal position or will receive a higher average starting salary than such applicant might otherwise be in a position to receive. While every effort is made to provide accurate and current information, South Texas College of Law Houston reserves the right to change, without notice, statements in the Admissions Bulletin concerning rules, policies, fees, curricula, or other matters. Publications of South Texas College of Law Houston are not contractual. The faculty and administration may make changes at any time and may make them applicable to students, regardless of when the changes are made
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with respect to the student's enrollment. In addition to a bar examination, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar in every U.S. jurisdiction. Applicants are encouraged to determine the requirements for any jurisdiction in which they intend to seek admission by contacting the jurisdiction. Addresses for all relevant agencies are available through the National Conference of Bar Examiners. It is the applicant’s responsibility to research the character, fitness and other qualifications for admission to the bar in the state(s) in which the applicant intends to practice. Additionally, if you have been academically dismissed from another ABA law school, South Texas College of Law Houston requires that you sit out the recommended two years before reapplying to begin your studies all over.
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