USF offers a part-time evening program designed to accommodate those students who wish to continue working full-time while attending law school. Students are required to take 10 units per semester in their first year. For more details regarding the program please refer to the academics section of our website.

USF requires a personal statement, at least two letters of recommendation, a valid LSAT score and LSDAS report, and completion of a baccalaureate degree prior to the commencement of classes.

LSAT scores within five years of the year of application are considered valid for review purposes.

USF will utilize the average score when multiple LSAT scores are presented for application review.

USF does not offer admission deferments. Admissions decisions are based on the quality and competitiveness of the applicant pool at the time of application.

Prospective students are encouraged to visit the USF School of Law. The law school holds periodic informational open houses and student-conducted tours (beginning in mid-September for the fall semester and mid-January for the spring semester). To sign up for a tour or receive information about our tour schedule, please call (415) 422-6586. Self-guided tours may also be downloaded here.

First-year class visits are available during the academic year. Class visits begin in mid-September for the fall term and in late January for the spring term. To schedule a visit of a first-year class please call (415) 422-6586.

Due to the large number of applicants to the USF School of Law, we are unable to interview applicants or accommodate requests for interviews. If you have specific information you would like to provide, it should be included in your personal statement or in an addendum to your personal statement. Prospective applicants are encouraged to attend one of our information sessions scheduled in the fall. Admissions professionals will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about the law school.

The USF School of Law does not prescribe any pre-law curriculum or major. However, an undergraduate liberal program that provides exposure to a wide-range of subjects is considered more useful than a narrow emphasis on vocationally-oriented courses. The faculty recommend courses that provide training in written and oral expression, and that are intellectually and analytically demanding. Applicants are required to have attended an accredited four year college or university and must obtain their baccalaureate degree prior to beginning the JD Program.

The USF School of Law utilizes a rolling admissions process. Prospective applicants are encouraged to apply early. We begin to review completed applications in early December. Once an application file is complete, it may take 6 to 8 weeks to complete the review process. Applicants may be notified of a decision as early as January.

The USF School of Law accepts applications for transfer students who have completed at least one academic year at an ABA-accredited law school or an ABA provisionally approved law school. Transfer applicants must be in good academic standing. The maximum number of transferable units is 30.

The USF School of Law accepts applications for visiting students. Visiting applicants must have completed at least one academic year and be in good academic standing at an ABA-accredited law school or an ABA provisionally approved law school. Visiting students must also receive permission from their home school to attend USF.

More than 94 percent of Class of 2007 graduates were employed iwthin nine months of graduation.

The majority of our law students live off-campus within the city of San Francisco. There are some students who live on the "peninsula" (south of the city), across the Bay in Berkeley or Oakland, and in Marin County. The San Francisco Bay Area has excellent public transportation systems (bus, train, and subway), which make USF quite accessible.

The application fee is $60. For more information about tuition and fees, please view the financial aid section.

If accepted by the admissions committee, applicants will be notified and required to pay an acceptance deposit. The deposit is neither waived nor deferred under any circumstances. If the applicant registers for classes, the non-refundable deposit is credited in full toward tuition charges for the fall semester of the year of admission.

For information on financial aid, including scholarships, please see the financial aid section.

To practice law in California or any other state, a law school graduate must apply for and be admitted to the bar. The criteria for eligibility to sit for the bar examination and/or to qualify for bar admission are set by each state. Students should consult the requirements of the licensing authority in any state in which they contemplate practicing law to ascertain the qualifications for bar admission. Information concerning bar admission in California may be found at www.calbar.ca.gov. Information about other states may be found at www.ncbex.org.