The LSAT you take—or retake—can have a great impact on your admission chances. Some of you may be asking, “Is the January LSAT too late? Are the February or April LSATs too late?” We survey top law schools yearly with those exact questions to find out admissions deadlines and the latest LSAT each school will accept.
Many of the top law schools are still requiring a January LSAT deadline. But, as you’ll see in the chart below, the February and April LSATs are definitely viable options for test-takers. A quarter of the schools still allow for a June test result, however, they admit that they will not review your application until scores are in. Because of this, spots are limited or may not even exist at that time. If you need help with any part of your application, we’ve got expert admissions consultants you can work with!
Categories We Use
- Rank: The rank for each school was drawn from the U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools 2024 rankings. We listed schools in numerical order by rank.
- School Name: This one is obvious—this column identifies the name of the school! For this post, we stick to the top 100.
- Application Deadline: The deadline is the date after which the school will not consider or review newly received applications. However, several schools mentioned that the number of unfilled spaces affects how they view their “deadline” date. If they still have spaces available in their classes, they might accept applications after the deadline. The law schools we surveyed said chances of admission are lowered once the deadline passes. Though unlikely, this makes some of the deadlines less concrete.
- Latest Acceptable Test Date: For some schools, this is a “strongly recommended” date. To clarify, these schools will accept this test as the first and only LSAT you’ve taken.
- Notes: To compile this list, we pulled data from U.S. News, visited the schools’ websites, and contacted most of the admissions offices on this list. In some cases, the admissions staff provided additional thoughts or considerations about the deadline and latest LSAT they accept, which we added to this column.
Let’s take a look at the list! If you have any questions or comments, please post below. If you plan to apply to any of these schools, we strongly encourage you to contact them directly to confirm their deadlines. We’ve seen deadlines change just in the last month, so let us know if you notice something we missed!
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