By Nathaniel Ross, Data & Analytics Consultant
Introduction
We are entering a very exciting but anxiety-inducing portion of the law school admissions cycle. If you spend any amount of time on the various forums for law school applicants, it is easy to believe that there are no remaining spaces at top law schools. This is simply not the case. The table below offers a rough estimate of the minimum number of acceptances remaining for the top 100 law schools. As of March 20, 2025, nearly 7,000 acceptance letters are yet to be sent, including almost 2,500 of those letters from top 20 schools.
Methodology & Data Sources
There are many challenges associated with predicting admissions cycles, the first is the availability of reliable data. For this table, I use LSD.law, an aggregator of self-reported data on law school admissions. While imperfect, it does allow us to create minimum estimates for admissions offers remaining, which means there are almost certainly more offers available than what I state here!
Using last year’s number of reported admissions on LSD.law as my benchmark, I calculate how many more admissions offers are likely remaining before a school reaches the same number of offers as last year. This provides applicants with a rough guideline for where schools are in their admissions process, rather than an exact figure of the acceptances remaining.
Limitations & Disclaimers
It’s worth stating again this is based on self-reported data and that data quality decreases as you descend the rankings. This is because a smaller proportion of those school’s applicants utilize LSD.law, which makes predicting cycles more challenging. LSD.law users are also a self-selected group of applicants, which is why I remain conservative in my predictions. These figures also do not include people admitted to schools off the waitlist, so there are even more offers left if you include waitlist movement.
Key Takeaways & Trends
The nature of rolling admissions means no two schools admit students at the same rate. With the unexpected jump in application volume, some schools slowed down their processes, while other schools appear to be admitting more students than in previous years.
How Applicants Can Use This Data
The "Estimated Minimum Offers Remaining" column shows the lowest possible number of acceptances a school still has left to send. The "Percent of Acceptances Remaining" column reflects how many offers are left as a percent of the total projected acceptances. You can use this information to stay informed about how far along each school is in their admissions process.
- If a school has a low or negative number: They are nearing the end of their direct acceptance admissions cycle, meaning waitlist and rejection decisions may be more common.
- If a school has a high number of acceptances remaining: They are still making direct acceptance decisions, meaning waitlist movement has likely not begun yet.
Most importantly: Don’t make any decisions based on this data! This is merely a reference point to manage expectations for the thousands of students who are waiting to hear back from schools.
Final Thoughts
March is not the time to lose hope during the law school admissions process. With at least 7,000 offers still to be sent, thousands of applicants will soon be receiving good news. If you haven’t heard back from your top schools yet, remember that admissions is a rolling process, and things can change quickly. Stay patient, stay informed, and stay hopeful!
Law School Admissions Progress Table
| School | Estimated minimum number of offers remaining | Percent of acceptances remaining | Percent change since March 4 | Estimated acceptances since March 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | 64 | 25.93% | -17.28% | 43 |
| Stanford University | 110 | 31.09% | -17.65% | 62 |
| Harvard University | 16 | 1.95% | -24.22% | 193 |
| University of Chicago | 156 | 23.19% | -15.59% | 105 |
| Duke University | 165 | 25.35% | -18.06% | 118 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 109 | 16.91% | -7.91% | 51 |
| University of Virginia | -22 | -3.36% | -8.58% | 55 |
| Columbia University | 71 | 7.45% | -10.87% | 103 |
| New York University | 363 | 25.46% | -12.42% | 177 |
| Northwestern University | 50 | 5.21% | -15.89% | 154 |
| University of Michigan | 87 | 10.76% | -3.78% | 31 |
| University of California—Berkeley | 227 | 22.90% | -6.62% | 65 |
| University of California—Los Angeles | 75 | 6.87% | -4.95% | 54 |
| Cornell University | 133 | 15.73% | -13.06% | 110 |
| Georgetown University | 333 | 15.70% | -6.73% | 143 |
| University of Minnesota | 3 | 0.31% | -5.54% | 46 |
| University of Texas at Austin | 18 | 2.11% | -21.40% | 181 |
| Vanderbilt University | 123 | 13.17% | -16.30% | 152 |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 64 | 6.68% | -6.44% | 61 |
| University of Notre Dame | 288 | 47.75% | -8.43% | 51 |
| University of North Carolina | 17 | 3.70% | -4.63% | 21 |
| University of Georgia | 9 | 2.00% | -6.00% | 27 |
| University of Southern California | 5 | 0.85% | -14.53% | 88 | Boston University | 375 | 28.83% | -13.96% | 181 |
| Wake Forest University | -50 | -7.44% | -8.84% | 59 |
| Ohio State University | 159 | 26.56% | -22.40% | 134 |
| Texas A&M University | -123 | -20.37% | -19.75% | 119 |
| Boston College | 136 | 18.00% | -13.47% | 102 |
| Brigham Young University | -36 | -25.00% | -25.00% | 36 |
| George Mason University | 11 | 3.37% | -26.97% | 87 |
| University of Florida (Levin) | -73 | -10.86% | -7.41% | 50 |
| University of Utah | -25 | -9.09% | -28.79% | 79 |
| Fordham University | -108 | -8.03% | -18.93% | 254 |
| University of Alabama | -136 | -31.25% | -5.21% | 23 |
| Washington and Lee University | 3 | 0.53% | -10.70% | 68 |
| Arizona State University | -113 | -12.76% | -6.25% | 56 |
| University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign | -19 | -2.51% | -28.64% | 211 |
| University of Iowa | 61 | 9.33% | -12.00% | 79 |
| University of Wisconsin | 55 | 9.63% | -18.52% | 106 |
| William & Mary Law School | -13 | -2.06% | -12.37% | 76 |
| George Washington University | -277 | -11.60% | -10.99% | 262 |
| Emory University | 429 | 29.71% | -30.99% | 448 |
| Indiana University - Bloomington | 73 | 10.53% | -13.45% | 93 |
| University of California—Irvine | -42 | -8.80% | -32.02% | 207 |
| Southern Methodist University | -3 | -0.47% | -27.30% | 132 |
| Baylor University | -51 | -9.62% | -6.39% | 34 |
| University of Kansas | -81 | -23.68% | -26.32% | 90 |
| Florida State University | 129 | 18.52% | -3.70% | 26 |
| University of Colorado—Boulder | 15 | 1.57% | -7.84% | 75 |
| University of Washington | 57 | 6.99% | -20.97% | 170 |
| Villanova University | 35 | 6.62% | -49.67% | 263 |
| Pepperdine University | 167 | 16.99% | -25.24% | 248 |
| University of Tennessee | -21 | -4.65% | - | - |
| Temple University | 81 | 10.55% | - | - |
| University of Arizona | -94 | -20.00% | - | - |
| University of California—Davis | 66 | 7.17% | -24.87% | 268 |
| University of Connecticut | -10 | -2.47% | -46.11% | 257 |
| University of Maryland | -9 | -1.16% | - | - |
| University of Oklahoma | -46 | -10.84% | - | - |
| Wayne State University | 49 | 17.02% | -30.30% | 507 |
| Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles | 96 | 8.17% | - | - |
| Seton Hall University | 41 | 4.83% | - | - |
| University of Kentucky | 73 | 13.33% | - | - |
| University of Missouri | -81 | -28.57% | - | - |
| Yeshiva University (Cardozo) | 189 | 15.97% | - | - |
| University of Richmond | 98 | 14.19% | - | - |
| University of South Carolina | -49 | -7.56% | -21.85% | 140 |
| Florida International University | -75 | -14.12% | -15.29% | 82 |
| Marquette University | -98 | -20.31% | - | - |
| Northeastern University | 82 | 5.85% | - | - |
| St. John's University | -118 | -11.61% | - | - |
| University of Houston | 179 | 17.13% | -14.92% | 156 |
| University of San Diego | -160 | -13.33% | - | - |
| Drexel University | -50 | -8.41% | - | - |
| Georgia State University | 0 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Pennsylvania State - Dickinson Law | -49 | -9.09% | - | - |
| Loyola University—Chicago | 420 | 30.74% | - | - |
| Tulane University | 17 | 1.94% | - | - |
| University of Cincinnati | 77 | 19.48% | - | - |
| University of Nevada—Las Vegas | -51 | -16.67% | - | - |
| Drake University | -144 | -41.86% | - | - |
| Lewis And Clark College | -157 | -24.73% | - | - |
| Texas Tech University | 191 | 35.05% | - | - |
| University of California (Hastings) | -79 | -6.57% | - | - |
| University of Miami | 70 | 5.10% | - | - |
| University of Nebraska | -86 | -17.72% | - | - |
| University of Oregon | 90 | 9.24% | - | - |
| Case Western Reserve University | 51 | 9.09% | -34.55% | 195 |
| University of Denver | -43 | -4.00% | - | - |
| Belmont University | -283 | -61.29% | - | - |
| Louisiana State University | 0 | 0.00% | - | - |
| University of Pittsburgh | 73 | 15.27% | - | - |
| Catholic University Of America | -47 | -10.00% | - | - |
| Duquesne University | 64 | 12.73% | - | - |
| Saint Louis University | -41 | -8.33% | - | - |
| University of New Mexico | 7 | 2.78% | - | - |
| American University | 278 | 14.49% | - | - |
| Indiana University - Indianapolis | 150 | 26.53% | - | - |
| Stetson University | 131 | 16.00% | - | - |
| University of New Hampshire | 88 | 15.15% | - | - |
| University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | -100 | -22.81% | - | - |