Admission to Wayne Law is highly competitive. Each year, the Law School receives a large number of applications and typically only about 40 percent are offered admission. However, every application receives careful, individualized attention, taking into consideration a variety of factors.

Transfer Applicants

A transfer applicant must have completed all of the first-year day or evening courses required by his or her ABA-accredited law school. Applicants must have superior law school academic credentials to be offered admission. Transfer students are admitted to the fall term only. The application deadline for transfer applicants is July 1.

A transfer applicant's file will be ready for review when the Admissions Office has received all of the following:

1. The Law School application with an electronic signature for online applications or a paper application that is signed and dated.
2. The non-refundable application fee of $50. Payment is made through the LSAC credit card fee collection service if applying online. A check or money order, payable to Wayne State University, must accompany a paper application. Checks drawn on banks outside of the U.S. should carry the notation “Payable in U.S. Funds.”
3. An official transcript sent directly from the applicant’s law school with all grades posted for the academic year.
4. A letter of good standing from the applicant’s law school.
5. An LSDAS report or JD-CAS report.
6. An official transcript sent directly from the applicant’s degree-granting undergraduate school.

Although applications from students who have been academically dismissed from other law schools will be accepted, it is not standard practice to offer admission to these applicants.

Guest Student Applicants

Guest Student Applicants For Fall and/or Winter Term(s):

The transfer applicant requirements and procedures outlined above apply to a law student who wishes to enroll at the Wayne State University Law School for one or two terms as a guest student and who intends to transfer credit back to his or her "home" law school. In the case of a guest student, the letter of good standing should also include a statement granting permission for the applicant to attend the Wayne State University Law School for the semester(s) indicated, an agreement to accept credits earned at the Law School, and any other requirements or limitations.

The application deadline for Winter 2010 is Nov. 1, 2009. The application deadline for Fall 2010 is July 1, 2010.

Guest Student For Summer Term:

A student from another ABA-accredited law school may take one or two summer courses at Wayne State University Law School provided the student is in good standing and receives permission from his or her "home" law school. Application should be made on the Law School Summer Guest Application.

The application deadline for Summer 2010 is May 14, 2009.