TRANSFER STUDENT. International transfer students may be admitted for as long as there are unfilled slots within the quota set by the University Registrar and the dean of the college concerned for the course to which they seek admission.
Colonial men wore wigs in the 17th and 18th centuries because they were considered fashionable, according to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. They had become extremely popular in England and in France before spreading to the colonies, first in the higher classes and then extending through the population.
Absent this confusion, it is possible that law school honor societies would be inducting students into the Order of the Yarmulke.. In short, English judges and barristers began wearing wigs and robes because everybody in polite society was wearing wigs and robes in those days. They continue to wear them because nobody has ever told them to stop. Wigs are expensive, and English judges get a stipend to cover the cost of their wigs and robes. Barristers, on the other hand, must buy their own, and there is a thriving market in used wigs.