What is the deadline for transmitting applications?
Law schools can specify to LSAC the date and time of day (Eastern Time) they wish to stop the transmission of electronic applications. The default deadline time is 11:59 pm (ET) on the date of the school’s application deadline. Information about these deadlines is included on the applications, in the application instructions or checklists of the individual law schools, and to the right of the school name in Active Applications. Applications can take up to 48 hours to be processed for transmission by LSAC. For the most part, they will be processed sooner than that, but if LSAC’s servers become overburdened due to excessive use, some applications may take the full 48 hours. It is highlyrecommended that you not wait until the last minute to transmit your applications. Internet slowness, server problems at your ISP or elsewhere, or other issues beyond LSAC’s control may occur, resulting in the deadline passing without your application being transmitted. Once the deadline has passed, the ti
