Law School Application Deadlines (Fall 2022)

Law School App Deadlines

The Fall 2022 Law School Application cycle is in full swing!

While you can use these deadlines to make sure your applications are timely, it is worth reminding everyone that earlier is generally better when it comes to law school admissions!

Below, I’ve compiled a comprehensive list of all regular law school application deadlines for students who will be starting their 1L year in Fall 2022.

Fall 2022 JD Regular Admissions Deadlines for Every ABA-Approved Law School

The table below represents the application deadlines for regular JD admissions only.

Rank	School	App Available	App Deadline
1	Yale Law School	09/01/2021	02/15/2022
2	Stanford University Law School	08/20/2021	02/15/2022
3	Harvard Law School	09/15/2021	03/01/2022
4	Columbia University School of Law	09/01/2021	02/15/2022
4	University of Chicago Law School	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
6	New York University School of Law	09/01/2021	02/15/2022
7	University of Pennsylvania Law School	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
8	University of Virginia School of Law	09/01/2021	03/03/2022
9	Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	09/01/2021	02/15/2022
9	University of Michigan Law School	08/01/2021	02/28/2022
9	University of California Berkeley School of Law	09/01/2021	02/15/2022
12	Duke University School of Law	09/01/2021	02/15/2022
13	Cornell Law School	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
14	Georgetown University Law Center	09/07/2021	03/01/2022
15	University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law	09/01/2021	02/01/2022
16	University of Texas School of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
17	Washington University School of Law	09/01/2021	08/19/2022
18	University of Southern California, Gould School of Law	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
18	Vanderbilt Law School	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
20	Boston University School of Law	09/01/2021	04/30/2022
21	University of Minnesota Law School	09/01/2021	06/01/2022
22	Notre Dame Law School	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
23	George Washington University Law School	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
24	Arizona State University—Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law	08/10/2021	08/01/2022
24	Emory University School of Law	08/16/2021	03/01/2022
24	University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law	09/01/2021	07/01/2022
27	Fordham University School of Law	09/15/2021	03/15/2022
27	University of Iowa College of Law	09/01/2021	05/01/2022
27	University of California Irvine School of Law	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
27	University of North Carolina School of Law	10/01/2021	05/01/2022
31	Boston College Law School	09/15/2021	03/31/2022
31	University of Georgia School of Law	09/01/2021	06/01/2022
31	University of Illinois College of Law	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
31	Washington and Lee Law School	08/27/2021	07/01/2022
31	William & Mary Law School	10/01/2021	04/30/2022
31	University of Alabama School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
37	Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School	09/06/2021	06/30/2022
38	Indiana University Maurer School of Law—Bloomington	08/16/2021	07/15/2022
38	The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law	09/15/2021	07/01/2022
38	University of California Davis School of Law (King Hall)	09/01/2021	06/01/2022
38	University of Wisconsin Law School	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
42	George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School	09/01/2021	04/30/2022
42	University of Washington School of Law	10/01/2021	03/15/2022
42	Wake Forest University School of Law	10/01/2021	04/15/2022
45	University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law	09/01/2021	03/10/2022
46	University of Colorado Law School	10/01/2021	04/01/2022
47	Pepperdine University School of Law	09/01/2021	06/01/2022
47	University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law	09/01/2021	07/15/2022
47	University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
50	Baylor University School of Law	08/05/2021	03/15/2022
50	Florida State University College of Law	09/01/2021	07/31/2022
50	UConn School of Law	09/22/2021	04/30/2022
53	Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
54	Tulane University Law School	09/15/2021	08/15/2022
54	University of Richmond School of Law	09/01/2021	06/01/2022
56	SMU Dedman School of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
56	Temple University Beasley School of Law	09/15/2021	03/01/2022
56	University of Houston Law Center	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
59	University of California Hastings College of the Law	08/15/2021	06/15/2022
60	Texas A&M University School of Law	09/01/2021	05/31/2022
60	Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law	08/30/2021	03/31/2022
62	Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University	09/13/2021	05/15/2022
62	Seton Hall University School of Law	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
62	Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law	08/15/2021	06/30/2022
62	University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law	10/01/2021	03/15/2022
62	Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law	09/01/2021	07/01/2022
67	Northeastern University School of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
67	University of Miami School of Law	09/01/2021	07/31/2022
67	University of Missouri School of Law	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
70	Loyola University Chicago School of Law	10/01/2021	05/01/2022
70	University of Kansas School of Law	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
70	University of Kentucky College of Law	09/01/2021	04/30/2022
70	University of Tennessee College of Law	09/01/2021	08/09/2022
74	St. John’s University School of Law	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
74	University of Denver Sturm College of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
76	American University Washington College of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
76	Case Western Reserve University School of Law	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
76	Georgia State University College of Law	09/01/2021	06/01/2022
76	Rutgers Law School	09/01/2021	05/15/2022
76	University of Nebraska College of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
76	University of Oklahoma College of Law	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
76	University of Pittsburgh School of Law	09/01/2021	05/01/2022
83	Brooklyn Law School	09/01/2021	08/19/2022
83	Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology	09/01/2021	04/15/2022
83	University of Cincinnati College of Law	09/01/2021	07/15/2022
83	University of San Diego School of Law	09/01/2021	07/31/2022
83	Wayne State University Law School	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
88	University of New Hampshire School of Law	09/15/2021	07/15/2022
88	University of Oregon School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
90	Florida International University College of Law	09/01/2021	06/30/2022
90	Saint Louis University School of Law	09/01/2021	07/31/2022
90	University of Arkansas School of Law	09/15/2021	04/01/2022
93	Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law	08/23/2021	08/01/2022
93	Lewis & Clark Law School	09/06/2021	03/15/2022
93	Michigan State University College of Law	09/01/2021	04/30/2022
96	Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center	09/15/2021	06/15/2022
96	University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
96	University of South Carolina School of Law	09/01/2021	07/01/2022
99	University of New Mexico School of Law	09/15/2021	07/13/2022
99	University at Buffalo School of Law, The State University of New York	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
99	University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law	10/01/2021	04/15/2022
102	Cleveland State University—Cleveland-Marshall College of Law	08/23/2021	07/01/2022
102	Hofstra University—Maurice A. Deane School of Law	09/01/2021	06/30/2022
102	Marquette University Law School	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
105	Drake University Law School	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
105	Stetson University College of Law	10/01/2021	05/15/2022
107	City University of New York School of Law	10/01/2021	05/15/2022
107	Howard University School of Law	10/01/2021	03/15/2022
107	Santa Clara University School of Law	09/01/2021	04/15/2022
107	Washburn University School of Law	09/01/2021	08/15/2022
111	Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law	09/01/2021	04/15/2022
111	Syracuse University College of Law	09/01/2021	06/30/2022
111	Texas Tech University School of Law	09/01/2021	05/01/2022
111	Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law	09/01/2021	06/30/2022
111	University of Mississippi School of Law	09/15/2021	04/01/2022
111	University of Tulsa College of Law	08/01/2021	07/31/2022
111	West Virginia University College of Law	09/01/2021	03/15/2022
118	Albany Law School	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
118	DePaul University College of Law	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
118	Gonzaga University School of Law	09/01/2021	04/15/2022
118	University of St. Thomas School of Law—Minneapolis	09/01/2021	08/02/2022
122	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law	09/01/2021	05/15/2022
122	Quinnipiac University School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
122	University of Maine School of Law	09/15/2021	07/01/2022
122	University of Montana—Alexander Blewett III School of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
126	Loyola University New Orleans College of Law	09/15/2021	08/01/2022
126	Mercer University School of Law	09/01/2021	06/01/2022
126	University of Baltimore School of Law	09/01/2021	07/01/2022
129	Duquesne University School of Law	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
129	New York Law School	09/07/2021	06/30/2022
129	Seattle University School of Law	09/01/2021	07/15/2022
133	Creighton University School of Law	09/01/2021	07/01/2022
133	University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Law	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
133	University of Wyoming College of Law	09/17/2021	04/30/2022
136	Pace University—Elisabeth Haub School of Law	09/26/2021	06/01/2022
136	Suffolk University Law School	08/15/2021	07/01/2022
136	University of Toledo College of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
136	University of Idaho College of Law	09/10/2021	06/15/2022
140	John Marshall Law School	09/01/2021	07/22/2022
141	Mitchell Hamline School of Law	10/01/2021	08/01/2022
141	University of Memphis—Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law	09/12/2021	03/15/2022
141	University of South Dakota School of Law	09/01/2021	07/01/2022
141	University of Dayton School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
141	Vermont Law School	09/01/2021	04/15/2022
141	Willamette University College of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
141	University of Akron School of Law	09/01/2021	06/30/2022
151	Appalachian School of Law	10/21/2020	08/01/2021
151	Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School	09/01/2021	08/06/2022
151	Ave Maria School of Law	10/15/2021	07/15/2022
151	Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law	09/15/2021	05/01/2022
151	Belmont University College of Law	09/01/2021	05/01/2022
151	California Western School of Law	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
151	Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law	09/14/2021	05/01/2022
151	Capital University Law School	09/01/2021	08/15/2022
151	Charleston School of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
151	Elon University School of Law	09/01/2021	07/29/2022
151	Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law	09/15/2021	07/15/2022
151	Florida A&M University College of Law	09/01/2021	05/31/2022
151	Golden Gate University School of Law	09/01/2021	04/15/2022
151	Inter American University School of Law	09/01/2021	06/30/2022
151	Liberty University School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
151	Lincoln Memorial University—John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law	06/01/2021	07/15/2022
151	McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific	09/01/2021	06/01/2022
151	Mississippi College School of Law	09/01/2021	07/15/2022
151	New England Law | Boston	09/15/2021	04/01/2022
151	North Carolina Central University School of Law	10/01/2021	04/30/2022
151	Northern Illinois University College of Law	09/01/2021	07/31/2022
151	Northern Kentucky University—Salmon P. Chase College of Law	09/01/2021	07/31/2022
151	Nova Southeastern University—Shepard Broad College of Law	09/01/2021	07/15/2022
151	Ohio Northern University—Claude W. Pettit College of Law	09/07/2021	08/01/2022
151	Oklahoma City University School of Law	09/01/2021	07/31/2022
151	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law	09/01/2021	06/30/2022
151	Regent University School of Law	09/01/2021	07/31/2022
151	Roger Williams University School of Law	09/01/2021	04/15/2021
151	Samford University, Cumberland School of Law	09/01/2021	05/01/2022
151	South Texas College of Law Houston	09/01/2021	05/09/2022
151	Southern Illinois University School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
151	Southern University Law Center	09/01/2021	05/01/2022
151	Southwestern Law School	09/01/2021	04/01/2022
151	St. Mary’s University School of Law	09/01/2021	03/01/2022
151	St. Thomas University School of Law	09/01/2021	07/01/2022
151	Texas Southern University—Thurgood Marshall School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
151	Touro College—Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center	09/01/2021	08/10/2022
151	University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law	09/15/2021	04/01/2022
151	University of Detroit Mercy School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
151	University of Massachusetts School of Law—Dartmouth	09/15/2021	06/30/2022
151	University of North Dakota School of Law	09/01/2021	07/15/2022
151	University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law	09/01/2021	04/30/2022
151	University of Puerto Rico School of Law	10/01/2021	03/30/2022
151	University of San Francisco School of Law	09/01/2021	02/01/2022
151	University of the District of Columbia—David A. Clarke School of Law	09/25/2021	05/01/2022
151	Western New England University School of Law	09/01/2021	08/01/2022
151	Western State College of Law at Argosy University	09/01/2021	07/01/2022
151	Widener University Commonwealth Law School	10/01/2021	06/30/2022
151	Widener University Delaware Law School	09/03/2021	05/15/2022

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It took me a ton of time to manually compile this comprehensive list… so if you’re someone who likes to share this sort of thing, I’d very much appreciate it if you’d give appropriate credit with a link back to this page. Thanks!

Joshua Craven

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When Should I Apply To Law School?

The table above lists law school application deadlines for all ABA-approved law schools. These deadlines represent the last date you can submit your apps but waiting until the last minute isn’t advisable.

Law schools start accepting apps in early September

Most law schools began accepting applications for Fall 2022 admission on or around September 1st… and law schools begin reviewing applications shortly thereafter.

More people are applying to law school this year. LOTS more.

It is still pretty early in the cycle, but year-over-year application volume is currently up almost 40% over last year at this point in the cycle, which would be a pretty significant jump if that trend continues. It’s worth keeping that in mind because when law schools have a larger pool of applicants to choose from, they can be more selective.

Don’t wait until the last minute to apply to law school

Many undergraduate schools (particularly higher-ranked schools) tend to decide on all their applications in one giant batch. So when you were applying to get into undergrad, the timing of your application probably wasn’t a factor. However, Law school admissions are handled differently.

Law Schools Use a Rolling Admissions Process

Law schools start evaluating applications almost as soon as they begin getting them. Unlike undergraduate admissions, law schools admit students via rolling admissions, which means that they start handing out acceptance letters early—almost right after they start receiving them—and batches of acceptances keep flowing out continuously throughout the entire cycle.

This means seats & scholarships are already being given to other students

Every seat that fills up in the meantime is one less seat for you. More scholarship money may be available to earlier applicants. Those with less competitive numbers are more likely to be admitted earlier in the cycle when schools are looking to fill seats by offering acceptance to students who are very likely to attend. You can find a longer discussion of rolling admission policies here.

REMEMBER: Apply to law school early & often in order to maximize your opportunities!

Waiting until the last minute to apply & not applying to enough schools are two of the biggest mistakes that I tend to see students make during the law school application process.

The law school application deadlines above are important to be aware of, but you should aim to have your applications submitted well before those deadlines approach.

One final note for anyone who happens to read this after missing a deadline: in recent years, some law schools have been willing to bend their own rules and take students after their own deadlines have passed… so before you give up on X Law School, it may be worth reaching out to the admissions department to see if they’d be willing to make an exception for you.

However, keep in mind that as the applicant pool continues to expand as application volume increases, law schools are less likely to have seats left over for stragglers. It is also worth noting that this courtesy is generally only extended to students with exceptional numbers (both LSAT & GPA above median). These same students may be better off waiting a year and applying early the following cycle.