*Now updated with 2024-2025 seat deposit deadlines
Historically, the first rounds of real waitlist admits come shortly after law schools' seat deposit deadlines (typically 1-2 weeks after), which means that timing your LOCI around that date can be strategically in your favor (more on waitlist strategy here). 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.
There are a few schools that we were unable to reach or that 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 only—you should always check with the school directly if you are an admitted student who needs to know your own deposit deadline.
If you have updated information on any of the below seat deposit deadlines, please email us at info@spiveyconsulting.com!
2025 Law School Seat Deposit Deadlines
- Yale University: May 1
- Stanford University: May 1
- Harvard University: May 1
- University of Chicago: April 15 or May 1 (depending on when applicant is admitted)
- Columbia University: May 1
- New York University: May 1
- University of Pennsylvania: April 29
- University of Virginia: April 24
- University of California–Berkeley: April 15, May 15
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor: April 30, June 15
- Duke University: April 25
- Cornell University: April 15, May 15
- Northwestern University: May 1
- Georgetown University: May 1, June 3
- University of California–Los Angeles: April 15, June 15
- 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 date of admission
- University of Southern California: April 15
- University of Florida: April 15
- University of Minnesota: April 15
- Brigham Young University: March 31, June 2
- University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill: April 15-May 1 (depending on when applicant is admitted)
- George Washington University: April 15, May 15, June 15
- University of Alabama: Unknown at this time (last year: April 1)
- University of Notre Dame: April 15
- University of Iowa: April 1, June 1
- University of Georgia: April 15, June 1
- Arizona State University: April 15
- Emory University: April 15
- George Mason University: April 1
- Ohio State University: April 1
- 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 15, May 15
- Fordham University: April 15, June 2
- University of California–Davis: April 15
- University of California–Irvine: April 15, June 1
- University of Utah: Unknown at this time (last year: April 15 (scholarship) or April 29 (general), June 7)
- Wake Forest University: Unknown at this time (last year: April 1, May 1)
- Indiana University–Bloomington (Maurer): April 15
- University of Wisconsin–Madison: May 1, June 1
- University of Arizona: April 15-May 1 (depending on when applicant is admitted)
- Texas A&M University: April 1
- Florida State University: April 15
- University of Maryland: Unknown at this time (last year: April 16, June 4)
- University of Colorado–Boulder: April 11, May 9
- University of Washington: May 1
- UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings): April 15
- Pepperdine University: April 15
- University of Richmond: April 15, June 1
- Yeshiva University (Cardozo): April 1
- Tulane University: June 2
- University of Tennessee–Knoxville: Unknown at this time (last year: April 10, May 10)
- Villanova University: April 14, June 9
- Baylor University: April 15, June 1
- Pennsylvania State University: April 15, June 15
- Southern Methodist University: April 1
- University of Houston Law Center: April 15
- Wayne State University: May 1
- Temple University: April 15
- University of Connecticut: May 1
- University of San Diego: April 15, June 1
- Loyola Marymount University: April 13, June 1
- University of Kansas: April 7, June 15
- University of Kentucky: April 15
- University of Missouri: April 1, May 15
- University of Nevada–Las Vegas: April 4, June 9
- University of Oregon: April 1, June 1
- American University: April 25
- Loyola University Chicago: April 15, June 1
- 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: April 15, June 15
- Georgia State University: April 15, June 1
- University of Denver: April 10, June 5
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln: April 15, June 1
- University of Pittsburgh: April 15
- St. John's University: Varies based on admit date
- University of South Carolina: April 15
- Rutgers University: April 15, June 1
- University of Arkansas–Fayetteville: April 15
- Lewis & Clark College: April 18, June 5
- University of Cincinnati: April 15, June 1
- University of Oklahoma: April 15
- Michigan State University: April 1, June 1
- University of Hawaii–Manoa: Varies based on admit date
- University of New Mexico: April 15, June 15
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent): June 14
- The Catholic University of America: July 1
- University at Buffalo–SUNY: April 15
- University of Louisville: Varies based on admit date
- Brooklyn Law School: April 15
- Florida International University: May 1
- Howard University: May 1
- Indiana University–Indianapolis (McKinney): May 1
- Saint Louis University: April 15, June 1
- Syracuse University: April 1, May 1
- University of Montana: April 15, June 1
- DePaul University: April 15, June 16
- Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge: Varies based on admittance date
- Marquette University: April 15, May 30
- Texas Tech University: April 15, June 5
- University of New Hampshire: April 15, June 1
- Washburn University: April 15, June 15
- 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
- Hofstra University: Unknown at this time (last year: April 15)
- University of Tulsa: Unknown at this time (last year: Mid-May)
- West Virginia University: May 1, June 15
- Albany Law School: April 1
- Mercer University: April 15
- Suffolk University: May 1
- University of Baltimore: April 15
- University of Dayton: April 30
- Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall): Unknown at this time (last year: first deposit varies based on admit date, second June 15)
- University of St. Thomas: Unknown at this time (last year: April 1)
- Duquesne University: April 15, June 1
- New York Law School: April 15
- University of Wyoming: Varies based on admit date
- Willamette University: April 15, June 3
- Belmont University: May 1
- CUNY: Unknown at this time (May 1)
- Loyola University New Orleans: May 3
- Santa Clara University: Varies based on admittance date
- University of South Dakota: July 1
- University of the Pacific (McGeorge): Varies based on admit date
- Creighton University: April 15, June 1
- Samford University: April 11, June 6
- University of Detroit Mercy: April 1, June 1
- Pace University: April 15
- Regent University: April 1
- 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: April 15
- Barry University: April 11, May 9
- California Western School of Law: April 15, May 1
- Campbell University: Unknown at this time (May 1 last year)
- Capital University: April 10, June 10
- Charleston School of Law: Unknown at this time (last year: April 15, June 1)
- Elon University: April 15, May 15
- Faulkner University: May 1
- Florida A&M University: April 30
- Liberty University: July 15
- Lincoln Memorial University: April 1
- Mississippi College: April 1, June 1
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law: April 15
- New England Law Boston: April 15, June 1
- North Carolina Central University: April 30
- Northern Illinois University: April 15, June 1
- Northern Kentucky University: April 1
- Nova Southeastern University: April 15
- Ohio Northern University: April 15
- Oklahoma City University: April 15, June 1
- Quinnipiac University: July 31
- Roger Williams University: April 15, June 1
- South Texas College of Law Houston: May 9
- Southern Illinois University–Carbondale: Varies based on admit date
- Southern University Law Center: Varies based on admit date
- Southwestern Law School: April 15
- St. Mary's University: April 15
- St. Thomas University: April 1
- Texas Southern University: April 1
- Touro College: April 1
- University of Akron: Varies based on admit date
- University of Arkansas–Little Rock: April 15
- University of Illinois–Chicago: April 14
- University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth: Varies based on admit date
- University of North Dakota: April 1
- University of San Francisco: April 1, July 1
- University of the District of Columbia: May 1
- University of Toledo: April 15
- Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School: June 1
- Western New England University: Varies based on admit date
- Western State College of Law at Westcliff University: July 15
- Widener University–Delaware: April 1
- Widener University–Pennsylvania: Varies based on admit date