How to Get Into Georgetown Law School: Scale, Washington, and the Contested Fourteenth Seat
By Rona Aydin
TL;DR: Georgetown Law received more than 14,000 applications for fall 2026 admission, typically the most of any law school, and its fall 2025 entering class had 672 first-year students (78 in the Evening Program) with a median LSAT of 171 and a median GPA of 3.93. Applications for fall 2027 open September 1, 2026, with March 1, 2027 the strongly recommended deadline for both regular and binding Early Decision applicants; Georgetown reviews on a rolling basis, accepts the LSAT, GRE, or GMAT with no preference, and requires one letter of recommendation.
Sources: Georgetown Law J.D. admissions pages (J.D. Application Process, J.D. Frequently Asked Questions, 1L Facts and Stats, Evening Program Admissions).
What Georgetown Law School Actually Looks For
Georgetown says admissions there is far more than a numbers game. The committee reads every part of the application, uses no numerical cutoffs, and focuses on the personal statement, letter of recommendation, extracurricular and volunteer activities, graduate work, and professional experience in addition to test scores and the academic record. It says it hopes to admit students who will succeed at Georgetown, benefit from a legal education there, and contribute to the community. Scale is the defining fact: Georgetown typically receives the most J.D. applications of any law school, more than 14,000 for fall 2026 admission, so the file has to stand out inside a very large pool.
Georgetown Law School Acceptance Rate, GPA, and LSAT
Georgetown publishes its class figures on its 1L Facts and Stats page and in its Standard 509 Information Report. The fall 2025 entering class drew 13,924 applications and enrolled 672 first-year students, including 78 evening students, from 43 states, 16 countries, and 222 colleges and universities, with a median LSAT of 171 and a median GPA of 3.93. The facts page does not list offers of admission or percentile ranges, which appear in the 509 report. Georgetown has no minimum GPA or test score. We compile the figures for the top schools in our T14 GPA and LSAT medians guide.
| Fact | Georgetown Law School |
|---|---|
| Degree | J.D. in the Full-Time or Evening Division (the evening J.D. takes three to four years); apply to one or both |
| Early option | Binding Early Decision with priority review; decisions typically 4 to 6 weeks after a file completed by March 1 |
| Applications | More than 14,000 for fall 2026 admission; Georgetown says it typically receives the most of any law school |
| Test policy | LSAT, GRE, or GMAT with no preference; Evening-only applicants without a valid LSAT may apply test-optional |
| Class scale | 672 incoming 1Ls in fall 2025, including 78 evening students |
Does the Rankings Drop Change the Georgetown Math?
Rankings move; the admissions process does not. Georgetown is one of the 14 schools traditionally grouped as the T14, and in the 2026 U.S. News ranking it placed outside the top 16. What an applicant can act on is the process itself: Georgetown reads every part of the file without numerical cutoffs, applicant volume rose to more than 14,000 for fall 2026 admission (from 13,924 a year earlier), and the entering class is large, with 672 first-year students in fall 2025. At Oriel Admissions we advise choosing Georgetown for the program, the city, and the outcomes you want, not for one year of rankings.
We see differentiation at scale as the Georgetown challenge, and the city as part of the answer. The school sits in Washington, D.C., and its Evening Program lets students with full-time jobs earn the same J.D. in three to four years, with the same faculty, required courses, and extracurricular opportunities as full-time students; Georgetown notes that an evening program graduate was selected to clerk for the Supreme Court for the October 2025 term, the fourth evening student to do so since 2016. If your plan runs through Washington, make the file carry proof: internships with named work product, agency or campaign roles with outcomes, and languages or regional expertise for international work.
Building the Georgetown Law School Application
Georgetown lists the parts of a complete file plainly. The application form and fee (or a fee waiver, which must be secured before you apply). A resume and transcripts. An LSAT, GRE, or GMAT (including GMAT Focus) score, with no preference among them; applicants to the Evening Program only who do not hold a valid LSAT score may apply test-optional. One letter of recommendation, which is all Georgetown requires; once it arrives, the file goes to review unless you ask for a hold pending more letters. A personal statement with no minimum or maximum length (double spaced; most run about two pages), plus a character and fitness statement if applicable, an optional statement, and an optional response. Georgetown says the only person who may do the actual writing is you, whether the help would come from a person or an AI tool.
Georgetown reviews applications on a rolling basis and strongly encourages applicants to complete the file as early as possible. Applications open September 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027 is the strongly recommended deadline for both regular and binding Early Decision applicants. Early Decision files get priority review and typically a decision 4 to 6 weeks after completion (for files complete by March 1); regular decisions typically take 8 to 12 weeks. Early Decision applicants commit to attend if admitted and may not submit a binding application to any other law school, but admits are considered for merit scholarships and need-based aid in the same manner and on the same timeline as other admits, and applicants who are deferred or waitlisted are released from the commitment. Our T14 overview explains the traditional T14 and the 2026 rankings.
The Long Game: Your GPA Started Before You Ever Thought About Law School
The transcript is the Georgetown constant under all the rankings noise. Every college transcript goes through LSAC, Georgetown reads the academic record alongside the rest of the file, and the 3.93 median of the fall 2025 class shows where the middle of the entering class sits even without a cutoff. Receipts differentiate the file; the median still frames it. For families planning earlier, the same logic runs back through high school: the habits that produce a protected college GPA are built before college starts.
Frequently Asked Questions About Getting Into Georgetown Law School
Georgetown reported a median LSAT of 171 for its fall 2025 entering class. There is no minimum score; the committee typically considers your highest score while reviewing all of them, and it does not convert GRE or GMAT scores into LSAT equivalents.
The fall 2025 entering class had a median GPA of 3.93. Georgetown uses no numerical cutoffs or minimum GPA, and it reads the academic record alongside the personal statement, recommendation, activities, graduate work, and professional experience.
Yes. Georgetown accepts the LSAT, the GRE, or the GMAT (including GMAT Focus) and treats them equally. Applicants to the Evening Program only who do not hold a valid LSAT score may apply on a test-optional basis, and JD-Next is not accepted as a substitute.
Applications open September 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027 is the strongly recommended deadline for both regular and Early Decision applicants. Because review is rolling, Georgetown encourages completing the file as early as possible; Early Decision files completed by March 1 typically get a decision in 4 to 6 weeks, regular files in 8 to 12 weeks.
Georgetown is one of the 14 schools traditionally grouped as the T14, but in the 2026 U.S. News ranking it placed outside the top 16. Whether it counts depends on whether you mean the traditional group or the current ranking.
Georgetown sits in Washington, D.C., and offers both a full-time J.D. and an Evening Program that lets working students earn the same degree in three to four years with the same faculty and courses. Georgetown notes that an evening program graduate was selected to clerk for the Supreme Court for the October 2025 term, the fourth evening student to do so since 2016.
Yes. Georgetown says admissions is far more than a numbers game: the committee reads every part of the file and focuses on the personal statement, recommendation, extracurricular and volunteer activities, graduate work, and professional experience in addition to test scores and the academic record.
Oriel Admissions weighs that question against your career plan. Georgetown awards merit scholarships to admitted students on a rolling basis starting in early spring, considers Early Decision and evening admits for merit and need-based aid the same way as everyone else, and encourages all applicants to apply for need-based aid. If knowing your full aid package before committing matters, Georgetown recommends applying Regular Decision.
Sources: Georgetown Law, J.D. Application Process, J.D. Frequently Asked Questions, 1L Facts and Stats, and Evening Program Admissions; ABA Required Disclosures (Standard 509).
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