Applicants for admission to the J.D. program must have received a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university before enrolling at the Law School.

Students are admitted to the entering class for the fall semester on a full-time basis only.

All applicants must take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and register with Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). William & Mary will only accept LSAT scores five or fewer years old.

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Deadlines

We begin accepting applications on September 1 for students entering law school the following academic year. The deadline for receipt of first-year applications is March 1. We strongly encourage applicants to submit their applications well in advance of the deadline. We will process applications received after March 1; however, favorable admission decisions will be limited and considered on a space-available basis.

The entering class J.D. program has a modified rolling admission process. Applications are considered throughout the admission season and are initially reviewed in the order they are completed. Some applications receive an earlier decision; others are held for further review, evaluation and comparison.

Decision letters are mailed when finalized and not later than April 1 for first-year applications completed by March 1. Most decisions are finalized and mailed during the last week of March.
 

Timeline

September 1	Law School begins accepting applications
February 1	LSDAS registration deadline
February 15	FAFSA filing Deadline
March 1	Application Deadline
April 1	Law School mails decision letters

Law School Admission Council and the LSAT

William & Mary Law School is a member of the Law School Admission Council, an organization that administers the Law School Admission Test, or "LSAT." The LSAT is a half-day standardized test required for admission to William & Mary. It provides a standard measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in accessing applicants. The test is administered four times a year at hundreds of locations around the world. For more information on the LSAT please click here (opens in new window).