University of Memphis On-line Application

The Law School Admissions Council has a Windows compatible, interactive multimedia CD-ROM that will allow you to prepare law school applications on your PC.   You can purchase the CD-ROM at the following website - https://www4.lsac.org/school/Memphis.htm  This product allows you to print the application and mail it to the University of Memphis, or you can send it electronically to LSAC’s electronic application clearinghouse for daily transmission to the University of Memphis.

Click here for information on the components of the application.

Visit the Law School Admissions Counsel for information regarding the LSAT dates and deadlines.

Deferred Admission....

A limited number of admitted students may be given permission to defer enrollment to the entering class upon demonstration of a particular personal, financial, or other impediment to their current enrollment. The student must submit a written request to the Dean or his designate prior to August 1st specifying the reasons for the deferral. The student must have submitted a seat deposit by the appropriate deadline in order to retain a seat for the entering class. The student must reconfirm in writing his or her intention to enroll between January 1 and April 1 of the deferral year. Failure to reconfirm by the deadline will result in forfeiture of the student's seat. Deferrals are only made for one year. Credentials for deferred applicants will be maintained for twelve months. After this period, they will be relegated to an inactive status.

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Startover Admission....

The School of Law may admit to the first year entering class a student who has been academically excluded from an ABA accredited law school or who was on academic probation at the time of withdrawal from such law school, if, in the opinion of the Admissions Committee, the student has made an affirmative showing that he or she "possesses the requisite ability and that the prior disqualification does not indicate a lack of capacity to complete the course of study at the admitting school" pursuant to ABA Standard 505. The number of students who can be admitted as startovers in any given year is limited to five (5) and is further limited to residents of Tennessee or non-resident students previously excluded from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.

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Transfer Admission....

Admissions as a transfer student to the School of Law is competitive.  To be eligible for consideration for transfer admission, an applicant must be in good standing at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).  Students interested in transferring should submit a completed application along with a $25.00 fee, an LSDAS report, a letter of good standing from his/her current law school which includes class rank, an official transcript of credits earned from all previously attended law schools, a letter or recommendation from a current law school professor; and a personal statement addressing their interest in transferring to the University of Memphis School of Law.

Transfer decisions are made after reviewing the academic record of the applicant including the applicant's law school transcript, law school class rank, LSAT score, but not limited to admissibility to the most recent entering class, the reason for the transfer, and space availability in the class.  The student must have successfully completed at least one year of law study before transferring to the University of Memphis School of Law.  In conformity with the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), the University of Memphis School of Law may grant a transfer student academic credit up to the equivalent of three semesters for full-time students or up to the equivalent of four semesters for part-time students for work successfully completed at another AALS school, and two semesters for full-time student or 2.6 semesters for part-time student for work successfully completed at a non-AALS school. The deadline for transfer applications is July 15.

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Visiting Admission....

A student who is in good standing at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) may request to take courses at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law on a non-degree basis with the written permission of the Dean or the Dean's designee.  Written permission from the applicant's current law school must be received before an application for visiting status will be reviewed.  An individual interested in visiting status should complete the application form and pay the fee as well as submit a letter of good standing from his or her current law school, a letter of authorization from his or her current law school granting permission to take courses at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, a copy of the front page of the LSDAS report, a personal statement addressing the reasons for requesting visiting status, and an official law school transcript.  The application deadlines for visiting admission are:

Spring - November 15

Summer - April 15

Fall - July 15

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