A student who has successfully completed at least one full academic year (but not more than one and one-half years of full-time study or 42 credits) at another ABA-accredited law school may apply for admission with advanced standing to either the day or evening law study program. Applications are accepted for the fall and spring semesters. Persons attending unaccredited law schools do not qualify for transfer with advanced standing.

Transfer students must submit an admissions application, the $60 application fee, an official law school transcript including at least one full year of law school grades, a dean's letter of academic standing, and one letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member. A Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS) report will be ordered from Law Services. The application deadline is July 1 for fall admissions and December 1 for spring.

Credit may be granted for courses in which the student has either earned a C or better on a letter grade system or earned a grade above the lowest passing mark on any other grading system. Residence credit may be granted for semesters in which the minimum number of credits has been earned. The number of course and residence credits awarded varies from case to case. Transfer students are not able to determine an anticipated date of graduation until after receipt of the formal advanced standing statement. A transfer student receives credit for all courses taken at the law school from which he or she is transferring, even when no equivalent course exists within the Rutgers curriculum. Transfer students must take all required courses in the Rutgers curriculum unless excused by the associate dean. In all cases, the final year must be spent at Rutgers.