Law Admission

• Must hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited four-year institution.
• Complete the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT).
• Register with the Credential Assembly Service (CAS).
• Submit an application and personal statement to TU Law via LSAC.
• Submit two letters of recommendation to the CAS.
• Comply with the Character and Fitness Jurisdiction Requirements.

Thank you for applying to The University of Tulsa College of Law. Please monitor the status of your application through LSAC website.

Check your application status

Students who have been denied acceptance to TU College of Law and wish to reapply, in addition to submitting a new application and CAS report, must attach a written statement to their new application that describes what steps the applicant has taken to improve their qualifications for admission. If it has been determined by a TU College of Law admission officer that one of the reasons for denial was a low LSAT, the applicant must have retaken the LSAT and shown an increase in score.

Please note that all steps that were taken in the original application must be repeated. Therefore, a new CAS report and application are necessary.

Any previously denied applicant is welcome to contact an admissions counselor at lawadmissions@utulsa.edu to discuss the reason for denial.

Submit written statements to:
The University of Tulsa College of Law
Office of Admissions
3120 E. Fourth Place
Tulsa, OK 74104

Transfer of Grades and Credits

Students who wish to transfer to The University of Tulsa College of Law must complete the following in the application process:

1. Submit an application for admission and a personal statement to TU Law via LSAC.org. (Check the transfer box on the application.)
2. Reactivate CAS account with LSAC.
3. Arrange to have two letters of recommendation submitted through LSAC. Letters should have been written within the past year. A letter from a law school professor or administrator is preferred but not required.
4. Submit a statement that explains a reason for the transfer request.
5. Arrange for the current law school to send a letter of good standing to the TU Law Office of Admissions. This letter should also include class rank.
6. Arrange for current law school to send an official transcript reflecting a full year formal matriculation. If an applicant has completed only one semester with a GPA above a 3.0, a conditional decision may be made based upon hours completed. If an applicant has completed only one semester with a GPA below 3.0, the committee will wait to see grades from their second completed semester.
7. Conditional acceptance will be contingent upon receipt of a transcript reflecting a full-year matriculation as well as a second letter of good standing.

Specific policies regarding transfer applications may be found in The University of Tulsa College of Law Handbook.

Admission with Advanced Standing

The Admission and Financial Aid Committee, in its discretion, may admit a transfer student with advanced standing subject to the following:

1. The dean of the law school from which the transfer is sought shall certify in writing the applicant’s good standing and the unconditional eligibility to re-enroll.
2. The academic credit to be transferred shall have been earned in a law school that is approved or provisionally approved by the American Bar Association.
3. The applicant shall meet all admission standards of TU College of Law and shall comply with the procedures for admission.
4. A transfer with advanced standing shall be denied if no transferable law school credits were earned within a period of three years prior to the semester or summer session for which admission is sought.

In addition to completing the general requirements for admission, applicants who have earned undergraduate degrees from online colleges or universities must provide written documentation from their undergraduate institution that the college or university is regionally or state accredited. The applicant must also provide written documentation that the online degree or program of study is regionally accredited.

In addition to completing the general requirements for admission, applicants who have earned undergraduate degrees from institutions outside the United States or Canada must have their transcripts evaluated through the LSAC JD Credential Assembly Service. This service is included in the CAS subscription fee and the evaluation will be incorporated into the CAS report.

TU’s College Law accepts score reports for either TOEFL or IELTS exams. The Credential Assembly Service also includes a report of your English Proficiency score as a convenience for you. LSAC accepts score reports for either TOEFL or IELTS exams and will include your scores in your credential report when LSAC receives an official score report from the testing service.

To have your IELTS score sent, you must request that your official score report be sent to LSAC for electronic download using the IELTS system to Law School Admission Council LLM/JD Credential Assembly Svc. LSAC cannot accept paper copies of scores.

Minimum overall IELTS score required to be considered for admission: IELTS 6.5.

To submit a TOEFL score, you must contact the Education Testing Service (ETS) and request that your TOEFL score be sent to LSAC. The LSAC TOEFL code for the Credential Assembly Service is 0058. This score will also be incorporated in your CAS report.

Minimum overall TOEFL score required to be considered for admission:
Internet-Based Total: 90
Computer-Based Total: 233
Paper-Based Total: 570

Duolingo is not accepted at the College of Law at this time.

Financial responsibility must be attested to in accordance with current cost estimates. Please complete the Confirmation of Financial Resources form. Alternatively, if an applicant wishes, he/she may provide a bank statement instead of the official CFR form as long as the bank statement is in English and the name of the person who has the account is listed on the form and it shows the bank’s name. If choosing this method and the account is not their own, they need to put in writing how this person is related to them.

Applicants may also obtain a letter from their bank that states that they have at least the needed amount. The letter must be signed by a bank official and be on bank letterhead. If an applicant is to be funded through an outside scholarship or corporate sponsor, he/she needs to provide an official letter stating exactly what is to be covered and a dollar amount.

For information about our international student community or questions about immigration and visas, please visit the Office of International Student Services.

If you received military training, you must submit a Military Training transcript to The University of Tulsa Registrar, 800 S. Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104-3189.

Students have the opportunity to start law school in January as one of our three entry terms. This is an excellent opportunity for December graduates, those who want to take a semester off after undergrad and those who want to provide themselves with a little more time to study for the LSAT.

Summer Start is a great way to get a jump-start on your law school journey. By securing a seat in our summer class, participating first-year students have the option to continue to accelerate or, alternatively, lighten their course load during the fall 1L semester. Summer 1L enrollment consists of one four-credit-hour substantive first-year law class. Successful completion of Contracts during summer means that you will not take this class in the fall semester of the 1L year.

For those who have scholarships, one-twelfth of your overall scholarship package may be allocated toward summer law school tuition. However, please note that in order for financial aid (loans) to cover any portion of summer school tuition, students must be enrolled in a minimum of six summer credit hours. Information about how to enroll in an optional two-credit-hour elective will be made available to admitted summer applicants in the spring. Successful completion of the summer Contracts course plus the additional two-credit-hour elective will result in summer 1Ls earning a total of six credit hours toward the 88 required for the JD degree.

Those who elect to start law school in the summer will automatically be enrolled for fall courses totaling 11 credit hours. For those who wish to enroll in an additional elective course in fall of their 1L year to replace the Contracts course already completed, that opportunity will be provided during the summer Foundations of Legal Study (FLS) orientation.

All first-year law students who intend to begin law school in summer will begin enrolling in late May. At the time of summer enrollment, you will need to know whether you intend to take four credit hours (Contracts only) or six credit hours (Contract plus an optional two-credit-hour elective) during the summer.