Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1925
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 170
- Median GPA
- 3.89
- Resident tuition
- $73,430
- First-year class
- 185
- Bar-required jobs
- 93.3%
- First-time bar passage
- 89.4%
Current cycle (2026-2027)
Requirements are recorded per application cycle, so a new cycle never overwrites an older one. The 2026-2027 cycle is for students starting law school in fall 2027.
From the school’s official admissions pages
Source
- Organization
- Individual law schools
- Document
- Notre Dame Law School — Apply | Admissions | The Law School | University of Notre Dame
- Covers
- 2026-2027 cycle
- Retrieved
- Sep 29, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 29, 2026
Deadlines
- Application opensSeptember 1, 2026No time published
Source
- Organization
- Individual law schools
- Document
- Notre Dame Law School — Apply | Admissions | The Law School | University of Notre Dame
- Covers
- 2026-2027 cycle
- Retrieved
- Sep 29, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 29, 2026
- Application deadlineMarch 1, 2027No time published
Source
- Organization
- Individual law schools
- Document
- Notre Dame Law School — Apply | Admissions | The Law School | University of Notre Dame
- Covers
- 2026-2027 cycle
- Retrieved
- Sep 29, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 29, 2026
- Application fee
- Not reported
- Fee waivers
- A fee waiver is available for some applicants including those for whom this fee presents a burden, as well as those who have one or more years of full-time service in the U.S. military, Alliance for Catholic Education, AmeriCorps, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Peace Corps, or Teach for America.
- LSAC CAS required
- Yes
- Résumé
- Not reported
- Interviews
- Interview (by request of the Admissions Committee only)
- Rolling admissions
- Yes
- International applicants
- Not reported
- Transfer applicants
- Not reported
Admission tests
- GRE: accepted
- LSAT: accepted
Letters of recommendation: 2 required.
Essays & statements
- Personal statementRequired2 page limit
Source
- Organization
- Individual law schools
- Document
- Notre Dame Law School — here
- Covers
- 2026-2027 cycle
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 28, 2026
- Optional statementOptional
Source
- Organization
- Individual law schools
- Document
- Notre Dame Law School — here
- Covers
- 2026-2027 cycle
- Retrieved
- Sep 29, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 29, 2026
- AddendumOptional
Source
- Organization
- Individual law schools
- Document
- Notre Dame Law School — Apply Now
- Covers
- 2026-2027 cycle
- Retrieved
- Sep 29, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 29, 2026
As reported to the ABA
The ABA report that would cover the 2026-2027 cycle (report year 2026) has not been published or verified yet.