Updated with 2023-2024 seat deposit deadlines
Historically, the first rounds of real waitlist admits come shortly after law schools' seat deposit deadlines (1-2 weeks). While this year, for the 2023-2024 cycle, we've been seeing more early waitlist movement pre-deposit deadlines (which is highly unusual), it's still not a bad idea to time your LOCI around these deadlines. As such, we have compiled the seat deposit deadlines for every ABA-accredited law school that responded to our communications, listed below.
Important disclaimers:
Some schools have seat deposit deadlines that vary depending on the date of admission. Additionally, some dates reflect only the first deposit deadline, and there may be a second deposit deadline that is not noted. Some schools we had to call to ask, and we can’t verify with absolute certainty if the information we were given on the phone is accurate.
Some schools let us know that they did not want to disclose their deadlines. Those schools have been marked as "unknown at this time," with last year's deposit deadlines included for reference.
This information is meant for general reference purposes for waitlisted applicants—you should always check with the school directly if you are an admitted student who needs to know your own deposit deadline.
2024 Seat Deposit Deadlines
- Yale University: May 1
- Stanford University: May 1
- Harvard University: May 1
- University of Chicago: May 1
- Columbia University: May 1
- New York University: May 1
- University of Pennsylvania: April 29
- University of Virginia: April 25, May 30
- University of California–Berkeley: April 15, May 15
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor: April 30, June 15
- Duke University: April 26
- Cornell University: April 15, May, 15
- Northwestern University: May 1
- Georgetown University: May 1, June 3
- University of California–Los Angeles: April 15, June 14
- Washington University in St. Louis: April 22, June 3
- Boston University: April 15, June 1
- University of Texas–Austin: April 15
- Vanderbilt University: Varies based on admit date
- University of Southern California: May 1, June 15
- University of Florida: April 15
- University of Minnesota: April 15
- Brigham Young University: April 1, June 3
- University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill: April 15, June 7
- George Washington University: April 15, June 1, July 1
- University of Alabama: Unknown at this time (April 1 last year)
- University of Notre Dame: April 15, June 1
- University of Iowa: April 1, June 1
- University of Georgia: April 15, June 1
- Arizona State University: April 1
- Emory University: April 15
- George Mason University: April 10, June 5
- Ohio State University: March 31
- William & Mary Law School: May 1
- University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign: April 17, May 22
- Washington and Lee University: April 15, May 15
- Boston College: April 16, May 16
- Fordham University: April 15, June 1
- University of California–Davis: April 15, June 1
- University of California–Irvine: April 15, June 1
- University of Utah: April 15 (scholarship) & April 29 (general), June 7
- Wake Forest University: April 1, May 1
- Indiana University–Bloomington (Maurer): April 15 (enrollment form due, no deposit)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison: May 1, June 1
- University of Arizona: Unknown at this time (April 15 last year)
- Texas A&M University: April 1
- Florida State University: Varies based on admit date
- University of Maryland: April 16, June 4
- University of Colorado–Boulder: April 15, May 10
- University of Washington: May 1
- UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings): April 15, June 21
- Pepperdine University: April 15, June 15
- University of Richmond: April 15, June 1
- Yeshiva University (Cardozo): Varies based on admit date
- Tulane University: Varies based on admit date
- University of Tennessee–Knoxville: April 10, May 10
- Villanova University: April 12, June 7
- Baylor University: Unknown at this time (April 15 last year)
- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law: April 15, June 15
- Southern Methodist University: April 1
- University of Houston Law Center: April 15
- Wayne State University: April 1, June 1
- Temple University: April 15, June 15
- Pennsylvania State University University Park: April 15
- University of Connecticut: April 15, June 1
- University of San Diego: April 15, June 1
- Loyola Marymount University: April 15, June 3
- University of Kansas: Unknown at this time (April 15 and June 15 last year)
- University of Kentucky: April 15
- University of Missouri: April 1, May 1
- University of Nevada–Las Vegas: April 5, June 10
- University of Oregon: Unknown at this time (April 1 and June 1 last year)
- American University: April 15 or April 26 depending on scholarship
- Loyola University Chicago: April 15, June 3
- Northeastern University: April 15
- Seton Hall University: April 15, June 1
- University of Miami: April 15, June 1
- Case Western Reserve University: April 15, June 1
- Drexel University: Varies based on admit date
- Georgia State University: April 15, June 1
- University of Denver: April 11, June 6
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln: April 15
- University of Pittsburgh: April 15
- St. John's University: Varies based on admit date
- University of South Carolina: April 15, June 1 (enrollment form due, no deposit)
- Rutgers University: April 15, June 1
- University of Arkansas–Fayetteville: Unknown at this time
- Lewis & Clark College: Mid-April, June 5
- University of Cincinnati: April 15, June 1
- University of Oklahoma: Unknown at this time (April 25 last year)
- Michigan State University: April 15, June 1
- University of Hawaii–Manoa: Varies based on admit date
- University of New Mexico: Unknown at this time (April 15 and June 15 last year)
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent): April 15, June 14
- The Catholic University of America: April 15, June 3
- University at Buffalo–SUNY: April 15, May 31 (enrollment form due, no deposit)
- University of Louisville: Varies based on admit date
- Brooklyn Law School: April 15, June 1
- Florida International University: Varies based on admit date
- Howard University: Unknown at this time (May 1 last year)
- Indiana University–Indianapolis (McKinney): April 15, May 1
- Saint Louis University: April 14, June 1
- Syracuse University: April 1, May 1
- University of Montana: Mid-April, July 1
- DePaul University: Varies based on admit date
- Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge: Varies based on admit date
- Marquette University: April 15, June 3
- Texas Tech University: April 15, June 5
- University of New Hampshire: April 15, June 1
- Washburn University: Unknown at this time (April 15 and June 15 last year)
- Drake University: Unknown at this time
- Stetson University: April 15
- University of Mississippi: April 1, June 1
- University of Maine: June 1
- University of Missouri–Kansas City: April 1, May 1
- Gonzaga University: April 15
- Seattle University: April 15
- Chapman University: April 15, May 31
- Hofstra University: April 15
- University of Tulsa: Varies based on admit date
- West Virginia University: May 1, June 15 (enrollment form due, no deposit)
- Albany Law School: Varies based on admit date
- Mercer University: April 15
- Suffolk University: Varies based on admit date
- University of Baltimore: April 15, June 1-15
- University of Dayton: April 30
- Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall): First date varies based on admit date, June 15
- University of St. Thomas: April 1
- Duquesne University: April 15, June 1
- New York Law School: April 15
- University of Wyoming: Varies based on admit date
- Willamette University College of Law: April 15, June 3
- Belmont University: April 15
- CUNY: May 1
- Loyola University New Orleans: May 3
- Santa Clara University: Varies based on admit date
- University of South Dakota: Varies based on admit date
- University of the Pacific (McGeorge): Varies based on admit date
- Creighton University: April 15, June 1
- Samford University: April 12, June 7
- University of Detroit Mercy: April 5
- Pace University: April 15, May 1
- Regent University: Unknown at this time (April 1 last year)
- University of Idaho: April 15, June 15
- University of Memphis: Unknown at this time (April 13 last year)
- Vermont Law School: April 15, June 1
- Appalachian School of Law: April 1, June 1
- Atlanta's John Marshall Law School: April 1
- Ave Maria School of Law: Unknown at this time (April 15 last year)
- Barry University: April 1
- California Western School of Law: Unknown at this time (May 8 last year)
- Campbell University: Unknown at this time (May 1 last year)
- Capital University: April 12, June 12
- Charleston School of Law: April 15, June 1
- Elon University: April 15, May 15
- Faulkner University: May 1
- Florida A&M University: Varies based on admit date
- Liberty University: Unknown at this time
- Lincoln Memorial University: April 1
- Mississippi College: April 1, Varies based on admit date
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law: April 15
- New England Law Boston: April 15, June 1
- North Carolina Central University: Varies based on admit date
- Northern Illinois University: April 15, June 1
- Northern Kentucky University: April/May
- Nova Southeastern University: April 15
- Ohio Northern University: April 15, June 15
- Oklahoma City University: April 15, June 1
- Quinnipiac University: April 15, June 1
- Roger Williams University: April 15, June 1
- South Texas College of Law Houston: April 15
- Southern Illinois University–Carbondale: Varies based on admit date
- Southern University Law Center: Varies based on admit date
- Southwestern Law School: Unknown at this time (April 1 and April 15 last year)
- St. Mary's University: Varies based on admit date, June 5
- St. Thomas University: April/May
- Texas Southern University: April
- Touro College: April, May 15
- University of Akron: Varies based on admit date
- University of Arkansas–Little Rock: April 15
- University of Illinois–Chicago: April 17, May 22
- University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth: Varies based on admit date
- University of North Dakota: April 1
- University of San Francisco: June 21
- University of the District of Columbia: May 1
- University of Toledo: April 15
- Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School: Unknown at this time
- Western New England University: Varies based on admit date
- Western State College of Law at Westcliff University: Unknown at this time (April 15 and June 1 last year)
- Widener University–Delaware: April 1
- Widener University–Pennsylvania: Unknown at this time (April 3 last year)