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Transfer Applicants
OCU LAW welcomes applications from transfer students. To receive the J.D. degree from OCU School of Law, students who have transferred from another law school must complete at least 50% of their total academic credits and all uncompleted required courses for the J.D. degree in residence at the law school, regardless of circumstances. Transfer students must complete their last forty-five hours at OCU. Summer work taken at another institution during these last 45 hours will not transfer.
How do I apply to transfer? Submit an application, a written statement explaining your motivations for transferring to OCU LAW, a complete transcript of all law school courses taken to date, and a letter from the dean or registrar of your current law school attesting to your good academic standing and eligibility to continue.
Do I need to submit an LSDAS report? Please have a current LSDAS subscription and the Office of Admissions will obtain a current LSDAS report to complete your file.
Should I include new letters of recommendation? It is advisable that you obtain letters of recommendation from one or two of your current law professors.
How do I get financial aid as a transfer student? Submit a Free Application For Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. The Title IV institutional code for OCU is 003166. If you have already submitted your FAFSA for the next school year, you will need to add OCU LAW’s institutional code to your report.
How many credits do I have to earn at OCU LAW to receive my degree at OCU? Students who have transferred from another law school must complete at least 50% of their total academic credits and all uncompleted courses required for the J.D. degree in residence at the law school regardless of circumstances. Transfer students must complete their last forty-five hours in residence at OCU. Summer work taken at another institution during these last 45 hours will not transfer.
How many of my current law school credits will transfer to OCU?
The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs will determine the number of transfer hours to be credited toward the degree and may establish a time for completion of degree requirements. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs will also determine whether specific courses taken prior to transfer will satisfy OCU required course requirements, and what additional courses, if any, must be taken to satisfy the requirements for the J.D.
No transfer credit will be given for any course in which the student earned a grade of C- or lower. No transfer credit will be given for any ungraded course (including any course graded on a pass/fail or satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis). Course credit transferred from another school will be reported on the student's transcript as "Cr" and grades earned at other schools will not be calculated in the student's grade point average.
The number of credits that will be accepted for transfer is the number of credits awarded by the other school, even if a similar course at OCU is allotted a different number of credits. Students transferring to OCU should request a ruling as to whether another school's course will satisfy a specific course requirement at OCU.
Upon completion of course work at another school, it is the student's responsibility to see that the other school's registrar provides the Student Services Office with an official copy of that school's transcript for work taken at that school, as well as an official statement of the number of weeks in the school session, the number of class meetings per week, and the length of each class meeting.
