CATEGORIES OF ADMISSIONS

The American College of Law admits students in four main admissions categories; Regular, Non-degreed Regular, Transfer, and Special. A few students are also admitted in other specialized categories, such as a visiting student, audit student, and finally a degree only student.

All those who hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution are regular applicants and constitute the greater majority of the American College of Law students.

Those applicants without a bachelor's degree are considered to be a non-degreed regular applicant.

Applicants without a bachelor's degree may be admitted if they have completed an associate's degree (AA Degree) or have earned a least 60 units of undergraduate study, of which a substantive amount of the units must be academic in content. The academics department decides which units are acceptable. In general , acceptable courses consist of those that could be applied toward a bachelor's degree at an accredited four year college and that have substantive academic content.

Those students who have undertaken previous law study are considered transfer applicants. The college accepts no more than 68 transfer units from other recognized colleges of law of C or better grades.

Students must submit their prior law school transcripts to the ACL administration for a curriculal graduation status check and approval of prior law school units. Students are also advised to seek evaluation from the Committee of Bar Examiners regarding acceptability, duplication and exemptions from the First Year Law Students Examination.

Once a student is enrolled at American College of Law no additional units shall be transferred from another law school without the express written consent of the administration of American College of Law. This clause includes the summer session also.

Credits earned at American College of Law are generally accepted at law schools that have similar standards and requirements which are comparable to American College of Law.

Exceptional men and women, who are at least 18 years of age, who have completed fewer than 60 units of acceptable college work or have not earned an A A. or A.S. degree from a regionally accredited college, but who have experience and personal characteristics indicating a strong aptitude for the study of law, might qualify under the "special student" category. For special students, certain criteria for admission must be met. (See ACL publication Instructions for Special Student Applicants.)

Matriculating students from other law schools are welcome as visiting students at American College of Law. Many of the visiting students take advantage of American's wide range of elective courses on our summer session schedules.

The categories of students admitted in these special circumstances are students who are enrolled as auditors who seek no academic credit such as alumni and other attorneys seeking to broaden their areas of expertise. Auditing students will not be given credit toward a degree completion.

Degree only students are students who have enrolled just to study toward receiving their J.D. degree and have no intention of seeking to practice law or to take the General Bar Examination.