Transfer Policies School of Law
General Transfer Policies (applies to JM and LLM):
- Accreditation: Regionally or Nationally Accredited Institution, approved through the Department of Education
- Grade: B- or higher. Grades of P are eligible to transfer as long as the grading system at the transfer institution states that P is equivalent to B- or better.
- Equivalency: Similar in content and scope of courses offered at Liberty University. Taken from a graduate program in a closely related field
- Non-Transferrable Courses: Thesis, Dissertation, Comprehensive Exam, Practicum, and Internship courses are not able to be fulfilled by transfer credit. Additional courses are listed below by program
- Hours: 3 semester hours (4.5 quarter hours) per course
- Age Limit: 10 years for graduate programs unless otherwise stated
- Credit Limit: Most programs allow a maximum of 50% of the program hours to be transferred; exceptions are listed below and at the bottom of the first page of the DCP. Credit from a conferred Liberty University degree is counted towards transfer hours
Degree Specific Transfer Policies:
Juris Master (all cognates)
The following courses are non-transferable:
- JURI 510 (Introduction to Legal Systems and Research)
- JURI 515 (Legal Writing and Analysis)
- JURI 580 (Ethics and Professional Responsibility)
- JURI 600 (Foundations of Law)
- JURI 610 (Jurisprudence/ Legal History)
Master of Laws in International Legal Studies
The following courses are non-transferable:
- JURI 600 (Foundations of Law)
- JURI 690 (Legal Research and Writing I – Capstone)
- JURI 695 (Legal Research and Writing II – Capstone)