University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law

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VIsiting students

Incoming Visiting Students

If you have been accepted to the UH Law School as a visiting student and need financial aid to meet your educational costs, you must arrange to process your financial aid with your home institution. Typically, incoming visiting students pay our non-resident tuition. Your home institution must forward a consortium agreement form to the Law School Financial Aid Office.

Outgoing Visiting Students

If you have been granted permission to study at another US law school for credit toward your UH Law School degree and are borrowing educational loans to meet your educational costs, you must notify the Financial Aid Office as soon as possible.

We will ask the host school to complete a consortium agreement. We will process loan applications if you will receive your degree from us while you are studying at another US law school. The host school will be asked to provide us with information regarding your dates of attendance, cost of attendance, and enrollment status.

SUMMER financial aid

You may be eligible to receive financial aid if you are taking at least four law credits. Summer term financial aid requires a separate application (available in early March). You must have a current school year FAFSA on file.

International Student

The William S. Richardson School of Law has limited financial assistance to offer international students who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Outstanding applicants may be eligible for a small amount of scholarship support. Additionally, continuing students are eligible to apply for a select number of internal scholarships geared towards international students.

To cover the costs of tuition and other living expenses, we encourage international students to seek the following resources below:

International students may be eligible for private loans if they have a cosigner who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. The cosigner must have lived in the United States for the past two years and must have good credit (cosigners may request a free report from Annual Credit Report.com.

For private educational loan programs, it is the student’s responsibility to secure an eligible cosigner, and it is recommended to do so as soon as possible. Students should submit applications for private loans well in advance of planned registration at the law school so they can determine whether their cosigner meets the lender’s credit criteria.

Check with your private loan lender to find out if a U.S. Social Security Number (SSN) is required of the student or only of the cosigner at the time of application. For some loan programs, applicants may need to begin the SSN application process before the start of the academic year. International students should note that they cannot obtain a U.S. Social Security Number unless they are currently living in the United States.

Currently, the following lenders offer private loans for international students who have cosigners:

  • PNC Bank
  • Sallie Mae
  • Charter One
  • Wells Fargo
  • Citizens Bank

To compare private loans, please visit the International Education Financial Aid website.

While we are unable to provide comprehensive funding that covers full tuition costs or living expenses, we encourage applicants to seek scholarships and additional funding in their home countries and in the United States. Some outside sources of funding are listed below: