Admission process

Submit the following materials through LSAC:

• A completed application
• Letter of good standing from the dean of the previous law school
• Letter of recommendation from a law school professor of the previous school
• Law school transcript
• Personal statement of transfer
• Official CAS Report (We will request a CAS Report on your behalf. Please confirm your registration through LSAC is up-to-date.)

Transfer applications will not be considered unless the student has completed at least one year at an ABA-accredited law school, except in extraordinary circumstances. Please refer to our Consumer Information page for more information regarding transfer eligibility and the transferring of credits.

Submit the following materials:

• A completed application (link below)
• Law school transcript (Applicant must be in good academic standing at an ABA-approved law school.)
• Personal statement as to why the applicant would like to attend St. Thomas Law as a visiting student
• CAS Report (This can be a copy from the admissions office at current law school.)
• Written permission from the degree granting school (This can be done after an offer of admission is extended.)

Additional Information can be found on the graduate admission requirements for international applicants webpage.

A student’s LSAT score and GPA are important, but they are only a portion of the application.

We do not use cut-off or minimum score requirements when making admissions decisions. The medians, 25th and 75th percentiles listed on our website, represent the profile of the previous entering class, and are intended to be used as a gauge to measure the competitiveness of your numerical indices. All applicants should seek to enter the applicant pool as competitively as possible with regard to their LSAT score, undergraduate GPA and their mission fit.

Prospective students will sometimes ask us about the likelihood of them being admitted based on their LSAT score and GPA. The admissions staff cannot predict, however, if an applicant will be admitted, as we consider many factors when making admissions decisions. If you have questions about the competitiveness of your LSAT score or GPA, we would be happy to visit with you. Please feel free to make an appointment with the admissions office.

A personal statement and two letters of recommendation are required as part of our application.

The personal statement and letters of recommendation are a valuable part of the admissions committee's review. The personal statement is used to evaluate mission fit, as well as the writing skills necessary for being successful in law school. Letters of recommendation are useful in highlighting the characteristics, both academic and personal, that an applicant brings to our law school community.

We require a minimum of two letters of recommendation; however, you may submit as many letters as you deem valuable or beneficial to your application. Also, remember that CAS will accept four general letters of recommendation to be sent to every school to which you apply. Additional letters must be sent directly to the admissions office.

Your participation in the CLEO or PLSI program will be considered by the admissions committee and should be disclosed as part of your original application. A decision from the admissions committee may be held, pending evaluation of your participation and performance in the program.

Application status can be checked online through LSAC. You will receive an email from St. Thomas Law with your username and password shortly after we receive your application. We will then request your CAS report from LSAC. Your application is complete when we have received a CAS report, including all your undergraduate transcripts and at least two letters of recommendation. It is not unusual for components of the CAS report to have been submitted and remain waiting to be processed by Law Services. A notice is sent to the admissions office whenever additional pieces of information are updated on the report.

If there’s an issue, we’ll contact you. However, if there are substantial problems with the CAS report that require candidate action, the admissions office will contact you so that you may correct the issue. Applicants should check with Law Services to ensure that their CAS report contains a reportable LSAT score, at least two letters of recommendation and all post-secondary institution transcripts. Feel free to contact our admissions office to check the status of your application.

Once a file is complete and enters the committee review process, it typically takes 6 to 8 weeks for a decision to be reached. Applicants who have been denied or waitlisted will also be notified of the committee's decision in that same period of time.

We accept requests for deferment in writing. Should the request be approved, the deferral will be for one year.

Waitlisted means that the admissions committee has completed a review of your application but has chosen not to make an offer of admission at this time and would like to hold the application for review should there be seats available later in the admissions process. To be waitlisted is distinct from a denial, which means that the committee has reached a final determination on the application and will not review the file further for any openings in this year's entering class.

Once an applicant has received a decision denying his or her application for this year's class there is no ability to appeal that decision. You are welcome to apply during a subsequent application season but should seriously evaluate your application to see if it could be strengthened to be more competitive in a new applicant pool.

St. Thomas Law does not offer conditional or provisional admission. We do, however, participate in the Council on Legal Education Opportunity and the Pre-Law Summer Institute summer programs. Students who are applying to or plan to participate in either of these programs should disclose that as part of their application.