Candidates for transfer admission are required to submit the following:
Biographical Information Sheet
Personal Profile Sheet
Personal Statement/Essay regarding why the applicant is seeking to transfer to Columbia Law School.
Minimum of two letters of recommendation from law professors.
Letter from the Dean of the law school from which the applicant is transferring, or his or her delegate, characterizing the applicant's law school standing and his or her recommendation for transfer admission.
Dean's Appraisal(s)/Certification(s) from the Dean or administrative officer responsible for student affairs at any undergraduate institution(s), or graduate or professional institution(s), attended.
Official transcript documenting all first-year coursework undertaken at the applicant's former law school. If submitted through the LSDAS Report, applicants should also send an explanation key to transcripts to the Office of Admissions.
LSDAS Report. Note: The Office of Admissions will request an LSDAS Report from the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) unless, at the time of application submission, the applicant expressly notifies the Admissions Committee that he or she has chosen not to register with LSAC. If the applicant chooses not to register with LSAC, he or she must notify the Office of Admissions in writing to this effect, arrange to have his or her former law school forward a copy of the LSDAS Report, and request that all final transcripts from the undergraduate and other graduate institutions which you have attended be forwarded to the Office of Admissions.
Application Fee ($75.00), payable to "Columbia University."
Transfer applications are not evaluated until they are entirely complete and are read generally in order of their completion date. The two factors which most frequently delay completion of most transfer files are our receipt of law school transcripts and the required recommendations from faculty at the applicant's original law school -- factors obviously beyond the control of Columbia and to some extent beyond the influence of the transfer applicants themselves (dependent as you are upon faculty to grade final examinations and to write recommendations on a timely basis).
