You may have heard that U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Texas A&M Law 29th among law schools nationwide and 2nd in Texas. While our dramatic rise in the rankings has received a lot of attention, our top priority at Texas A&M is to provide you with a world-class legal education at a great value and to set you up for a successful career as a lawyer. Your JD admissions journey begins here, where you’ll find information about the application process from start to finish. Whatever your goals, the Texas A&M Law School admissions team is here to help.
“Through the Community Development Clinic, legal writing and research courses, internships, and my time on the Journal of Property Law, I learned how to develop client-centered relationships, provide written and oral client advocacy, give and seek feedback, and become comfortable with uncertainty. Texas A&M Law provides endless opportunities to sharpen those skills from the beginning.”
Applicants must have earned (or be in the process of earning at the time of application) a four-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution according to the U.S. Department of Education. International applicants must possess a degree equivalent to a U.S. baccalaureate.
If you have already taken one of the accepted exams, please arrange to have all score reports sent directly to the law school. We will consider your highest score.
Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)
The LSAT remains the most widely accepted law school entrance examination and is offered eight time per year.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Applicants for admission should select Texas A&M School of Law as a recipient of their GRE results report submitted directly to the School of Law from ETS.
Our Designated Institution (DI) code is 2593.
Register to Take the GREThe Law School Admission Council Credential Assembly Service provides access to the application and allows you to upload all required documents, including your letters of recommendation and official academic transcripts, which must be submitted directly to LSAC.
Applicants must pay a CAS fee directly to LSAC or ask for a CAS waiver.
Once you’ve completed the JD application, you’ll need to upload the supporting documents, including:
Texas A&M Law charges a $65 non-refundable application fee. This is separate from the fee you will pay to LSAC to utilize the Credential Assembly Service.
Timely applications will receive consideration for application fee waiver.
Applicants who are confident that Texas A&M School of Law is their first choice can apply using the Binding Decision option.
We evaluate Binding Decision applicants according to the same criteria as Regular Decision applicants, giving special consideration to Binding Decision applicants’ interest in Texas A&M Law. If you are planning on applying through this process, please carefully read these instructions and make sure you understand the difference between the two application options.
Upon admission to Texas A&M Law through our Binding Decision process, you should plan on committing to Texas A&M School of Law for the following fall and you must withdraw all other open law school applications. You may apply to other law schools, but you may not have more than one active binding law school application at any given time.
If you have already submitted a binding application to another law school, you may only apply to Texas A&M School of Law’s Binding Decision option if you are released from your binding commitment to the other law school. Failure to honor this commitment may result in a revocation of admission.
Binding Decision applicants may be offered admission, denied admission, or rolled into our Regular Decision applicant pool. If you are denied admission during the Binding Decision process, you may not reapply during the same cycle for Regular Decision. All applicants who are admitted via Binding Decision will be awarded a merit scholarship; however, scholarships will not be awarded until early in the calendar year of your matriculation.
If you have questions or concerns, please email Assistant Director of Admissions Meredith Livermore (meredith.livermore@tamu.edu) before submitting your Binding Decision application.Texas A&M School of Law accepts applications beginning in mid-August of each year. Applications will not be reviewed until the Admissions Office receives all of the required documents as well as a completed LSAC CAS report. Once an application is deemed complete, it will be marked "In Review" and will be presented to the admissions committee for full evaluation.
| Fall 2024 Cohort Deadlines | |
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Application Release Date |
August 7, 2023 |
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Priority 1 Decision Deadline |
December 1, 2023 |
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Priority 2 Decision Deadline |
February 1, 2024 |
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Priority 3 Decision Deadline |
March 1, 2024 |
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Binding Decision Deadline |
March 1, 2024 |
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Late Decision Deadline |
April 1, 2024 |
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Final Application Deadline |
May 31, 2024 |
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Orientation and Classes |
Mid-August 2024 (exact dates TBD) |
Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as early as possible in the admissions cycle. While the final deadline for a first-year JD applicant is May 31, the incoming class will likely reach capacity before that date. Once capacity is reached for the entering class, the admissions committee will continue to evaluate applications through the deadline; however, the chances of admission or a scholarship offer are diminished.
Applying to law school can be overwhelming and confusing, but our admissions team is here to help. Watch the detailed video below to learn how to apply to Texas A&M School of Law, step-by-step.
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