LLM to JD Transfer Table – Lsat-Explained.com

LLM to JD Transfer Policy

Rank	Law School	TOEFL Policy	LLM to JD Transfer Policy
1	Stanford Law School
3	Yale Law School		No
4	University of Chicago	https://grad.uchicago.edu/admissions/apply/english-language-requirements/	Yes, you may apply as a student with advanced standing and transfer to complete your second and third year in the J.D. program. Unless you completed your LL.M. degree at the University of Chicago Law School, you must take and report at least one (1) LSAT score or one (1) GRE or one (1) GMAT score (if you are concurrently applying to a dual degree program at the University of Chicago). Transfer students may receive up to 39 credit hours towards their JD degree at the Law School (which is equal to what University of Chicago law students complete in their first year). Transfer students are not eligible for scholarship aid
4	Duke University School of Law	https://law.duke.edu/apply/degreeprograms/jd#ivtoefl	Yes, with conditions
4	Harvard University School of Law	No	No
4	University of Pennsylvania Carey Law	No	Students who hold an LL.M. degree will not be given credit for their LL.M. coursework; however, students who hold a foreign law degree (LL.B.) may be given credit for their law courses. Typically, students holding an LL.B. will be granted one year of credit; thus, they will be able to complete the J.D. program in two years. The evaluation of foreign law coursework is completed after the student is admitted.
8	University of Virginia School of Law	No	The transfer program described below is designed for students currently pursuing the University of Virginia LL.M. degree who wish to apply to transfer to the J.D. program. To apply, see Application Information for Transfer Students. Applicants who apply to transfer to the J.D. program will receive the LL.M. degree. If they are accepted, they retain the LL.M. degree, and all the coursework they completed as an LL.M. will also be applied to the J.D. degree. They will then have to complete two additional years (4 semesters) to obtain the J.D. degree, including completion of all J.D. requirements.
9	Columbia Law School	No	For students who spent their first year of law school at another U.S. law school or as an LL.M. student, at least 51 of these points must be taken at Columbia Law School, since a maximum of 32 credits may be accepted in transfer.
9	New York University School of Law	No	Foreign-educated LLM students who are currently matriculated at NYU School of Law may apply to the JD program and receive advanced standing. Interested students must take either the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) or the GRE by January and apply as entering first-year JDs by February 15. NYU LLM students who are admitted as entering JDs will receive a year of advanced standing credits at the successful completion of their first year.
9	Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law		No
12	University of Michigan Law School	No
13	University of California, Berkeley Law School	No	No
14	University of California - Los Angeles	No	Yes, with conditions
14	Cornell University	No	Yes, only current Cornell Law School General LL.M. students may apply to transfer to the J.D. program at Cornell Law. Your transfer application must be received by the J.D. admissions office by April 1.
16	Georgetown University		No, but Georgetown Law allows foreign-educated students, who have earned their LL.M. at Georgetown and who satisfy all the requirements for and are accepted to the J.D. program, to transfer up to 12 credits from their LL.M. Program to the J.D. Program, subject to the approval of the J.D. Associate Dean or a delegate. Those credits would apply to upper-class courses only and the standard first-year curriculum would have to be taken.
16	University of Minnesota	Yes
16	University of Texas at Austin
19	Washington University in St. Louis		Yes
20	Vanderbilt University	If you completed a bachelor's degree at an institution outside the United States (including its territories) and/or Canada, in addition to providing the materials listed above, you must also take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the Duolingo English Test, unless the language of instruction at the foreign institution conferring your bachelor's degree is English.
20	University of Georgia
20	University of North Carolina	International applicants whose native language is not English must provide TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) scores that demonstrate a fluency in English.
20	University of Notre Dame	NDLS welcomes J.D. applications from citizens of other countries with sufficient English language proficiency as demonstrated by an English language proficiency exam. NDLS prefers that international applicants whose first language is not English take the TOEFL, but will also accept International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores. Non-native English speakers who have been awarded a post-secondary degree (BA, MA, MBA, PhD, etc.) from a U.S. university are exempt from this requirement.	Notre Dame LL.M. students who successfully complete the program may apply as a transfer student to the Law School’s J.D. program prior to graduating with their LL.M. degree.
24	University of Southern California	Foreign-educated applicants are not required to take the TOEFL exam. However, if you have taken the TOEFL exam, you must report your score on the application.	A limited number of outstanding LLM students from USC Gould are selected each year to transfer from the Master of Laws (LLM) to the Juris Doctor (JD). If chosen, you will have the opportunity to complete the JD degree requirements at USC Gould in two-and one-half years. Although not required, some work or research experience in the legal field is preferred. If you have a LLM degree from another law school, you must apply as a traditional JD candidate. No transfer credit will be granted for courses taken outside of the USC Gould curriculum.
25	Boston University	Additionally, international applicants must demonstrate English language proficiency, and transcripts from institutions outside of the United States must undergo an international credential evaluation. For applicants to the JD program, we accept the following tests for English language proficiency:TOEFL iBT IELTS	Students enrolled in BU Law’s LLM in American Law or the LLM in Intellectual Property may apply to the JD program as transfer students during the spring semester of their LLM year and—if they are admitted—may receive up to 28 credits for their LLM studies towards the JD degree, consistent with American Bar Association standards.
26	Wake Forest University	Applicants must submit a valid unexpired TOEFL or IELTS official score report, unless the applicant has earned (or will earn), prior to law school matriculation, a baccalaureate-level or higher degree from an accredited institution of higher education where English is the primary language of instruction and where the corresponding degree of study was undertaken primarily in one of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Republic of Malta, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Office of Admissions & Financial Aid may, at its sole discretion, require a TOEFL or IELTS score of any applicant, regardless of education or other attributes.
26	Ohio State University	Applicants whose first language is not English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Our minimum required TOEFL scores are 80 internet-based; 550 paper-based; or 213 computer-based. Our minimum required IELTS score is 6.5. Exemptions: Applicants who are citizens of or who have completed a degree in one of the following countries or territories are exempt from the TOEFL/IELTS requirement: See the complete list here. Applicants who have held U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee status for at least one year from the first term of enrollment are also exempt from the English proficiency requirement.	LLM students at Moritz have the option to apply to transfer to the JD program upon completion of their LLM program. If admitted to the JD transfer program, the transfer students will not be awarded the LLM degree; instead they will be able to transfer most of the credits earned during the LLM program (except for credits earned in LLM-only classes) and only need to complete two additional years to earn the JD degree.
28	Texas A&M University	Foreign-educated applicants must demonstrate their English language proficiency through the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). This applies to all applicants whose first language is not English and/or who received degrees from an institution outside the U.S., its territories, or Canada. Please arrange to have test scores sent directly from the testing agency to LSAC.
28	Boston College	For our JD program, we do not require our international applicants to submit a supplemental English skills exam. The admissions committee considers the LSAT and GRE to be indicators of an applicant's English ability.
28	Brigham Young University	Applicants to the JD and LLM programs are required to submit official IELTS, TOEFL, or English3 scores in order to be considered for admissions. International JD applicants may be considered for an English proficiency test waiver on a case-by-case basis. LLM applicants who have obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher from an educational institution in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, or Australia in the last two years are exempt from the English proficiency requirement. More details https://gradstudies.byu.edu/admissions/english-proficiency
28	George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
28	University of Florida Levin College of Law	The Levin College of Law requires an official TOEFL or IELTS score, submitted through LSAC, for JD applicants whose primary mode of educational instruction has not been in English (ref. Standardized Tests Question 2 of online application).
33	University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law	Applicants whose native language is not English must submit official results from the TOEFL or IELTS tests and the test needs to have been administered in the last 12 months from application. You are not required to submit a TOEFL or IELTS score if you have received a baccalaureate or graduate degree from an accredited U.S. college or university.
33	Fordham University School of Law
33	University of Alabama School of Law	A TOEFL score is required if English is not your primary language.
36	Washington and Lee University School of Law	International applicants are not required to take additional English language exams such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or IELTS
36	Arizona State University	If English is not your native language, and you have not completed a bachelor’s degree or higher at a regionally accredited institution in the United States, you must provide evidence of English proficiency as indicated by acceptable scores. Exceptions https://law.asu.edu/admission/apply/jd/foreign
36	University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign	Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not completed an undergraduate degree at an English-speaking institution are required to submit the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).	No
36	University of Iowa	Required with exceptions: https://grad.admissions.uiowa.edu/international/english-requirements-jd-llm-applicants
36	University of Wisconsin	A TOEFL score is required for all international applicants whose native language is not English.
41	William & Mary Law School	If your first language is not English and English is not the language of instruction at your undergraduate institution, you may submit a score from either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in addition to the LSAT.
42	George Washington University Law School	Students whose initial law degree was earned from a non-U.S. law school where English is not the language of instruction are required to take the TOEFL	Yes
42	Emory University School of Law
42	Indiana University - Bloomington	If your first language is not English and your undergraduate degree was obtained outside of the United States, you must include results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with your application materials.	Advanced standing - Indiana Law invites advanced applications from individuals who have completed the equivalent of an undergraduate or graduate degree in law from an approved foreign university that allows the individual to sit for the bar examination in the jurisdiction in which the foreign law school is located.
42	Southern Methodist University (SMU)
46	University of California—Irvine		UCI LL.M. graduates may apply to the J.D. program as transfer students within one year of the conferral of their LL.M. degree during the transfer application period. The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is not required. The admissions process is extremely selective (more selective than the LL.M. program).
46	Baylor University	You may be required to submit a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score.
48	University of Kansas
48	Florida State University	International students whose native language is not English, and who did not receive a bachelor's degree from an undergraduate institution within the United States, are required to take either the TOEFL or the IELTS and have official scores submitted through LSAC as part of the application.	Admitted LL.M. students may receive up to 29 credits from the LL.M. Program toward the J.D. degree. Students must complete the J.D program no later than four calendar years after matriculation into the LL.M program. Only students currently enrolled in, or who have graduated from, the College of Law's LL.M. Program may apply to this program. The Admission Committee recommends applying after fully completing the LL.M. Program.
48	University of Colorado - Boulder	We require all applicants whose native language is not English to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (we will also accept an official score from the IELTS) since a thorough and excellent command of written and spoken English is crucial to success in law school.
48	University of Washington	As an international student, you are required to submit an official TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English Test (DET) score that meets the UW’s minimum English proficiency requirement.	An LLM student who is currently enrolled in an LLM program at an ABA-accredited law school may apply to transfer as a JD candidate with advanced standing provided the applicant has met all of the following criteria: (1) the applicant is a graduate of a law school in a country outside the United States; (2) the applicant successfully completed JD degree coursework while enrolled in the LLM program; and (3) the law school that the applicant enrolled at for their LLM degree has a grading system for LLM students in JD courses that is comparable to the grading system for JD degree students in the course.
52	Villanova University (Widger)
Rank	Law School	TOEFL Policy	LLM to JD Transfer Policy