Saturday, September 08, 2007 8:06 AM
For anyone going through the law school application process, Ann Levine at Law School Expert, a law school admission consulting service, wrote a useful post about Early Decision Deadlines for Law Schools you may wish to check out:
Some of my clients are already submitting law school applications. Most schools made them available September 1st although there are a few hold-outs. One of the first decisions you'll have to make after solidifying your schools list is whether to apply under an Early Decision program.
The rule with Early Decision applications is that this is a binding agreement you are making with the school; if admitted, you will attend that school and withdraw all applications from other schools. In return, you will receive your admission decision a little bit faster (usually before Winter Break). The caveat is that in many cases your application will simply be "deferred" until the "regular" admissions cycle. But Early Decision is a great option for that school that you know, no matter what, you would attend.
Ms. Levine has also taken the time to collect the Early Decision deadlines for a number of law schools, which she makes available as part of her post. You can get more detail and see the list via this link: Early Decision Deadlines for Law Schools. You can also subscribe to Ms. Levine's blawg Law School Expert, via her RSS feed.