JD Admissions Timeline - Entry in 2025 & 2026

Updated February 12, 2025

Entry Points into the JD Program

For degree study
JD First Year - entry occurs once a year in the latter half of August
JD Upper Year - entry occurs once a year in early September

For non-degree study
Entry occurs in September. Visiting exchange, letter of permission students and NCA candidates may be allowed to enter in January, but must apply by their standard deadlines. 
 
ENTRY in 2026ENTRY in 2025ITEM
For First Year entry
Tests held in the months of June 2020 to January 2026 inclusively. 
 
For Upper Year entry
Tests held in the months of June 2020 to April 2026 inclusively.
For First Year entry
Tests held in the months of June 2019 to January 2025 inclusively. 
 
For Upper Year entry
Tests held in the months of June 2019 to April 2025 inclusively.
Worldwide, the 'regular' LSAT and LSAT Flex tests are both acceptable for admission. We treat scores the same regardless of test format and mode (in-person or online), there is no preference.
 
Test dates may vary across the different world regions. Review the recent and upcoming test dates at the LSAC website.
 
LSAT Writing must be completed and processed by LSAT in order for the multiple choice test score to be available to you and law schools.
TENTATIVE:
August 21, 2025 		August 22, 2024
JD APPLICATIONS OPEN ONLINE

For first year, transfer, letter of permission and National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) candidates
 
Obtain from and submit directly to the Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS) only.
 
The Credential Assembly Service (CAS) operated by LSAC is not to be used for applying to UofT
September 2025
Canada & USA: Sept 3-6
September 2024
Canada & USA: Sept 4-7
LSAT TEST
October 2025
Worldwide: Oct 3-7
October 2024
Canada & USA: Oct 1-5
Rest of World: Oct 2
LSAT TEST
November 1, 2025November 1, 2024 
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FIRST YEAR ENTRY*

Due at the Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS) only
- Online: 11:59 pm (Toronto time) on the deadline date
- Mail/courier: postmarked on or before the deadline date

Apply by the deadline even if you intend to sit the LSAT later in November or the following January after the deadline, or if your transcripts may be late to arrive at OLSAS.

*For Combined Degree Programs, please check with the partner programs for their application deadline dates and procedures.
November 2025
Canada & USA: Nov 5-8		November 2024
Canada & USA: Nov 6-9
 
First Year candidates
If you plan on taking the LSAT after the Nov 1 application deadline, please still apply to OLSAS by the deadline, otherwise you will not have access to the application form. 
 
Do not wait to register for the test or for the test results, in order to apply. The OLSAS application form will ask to specify which future tests will be taken, and OLSAS will retrieve those scores.
January 2026
Worldwide: Jan 7-10
January 2025
Canada & USA: Jan 15-18
Rest of World: Jan 17
LSAT TEST: LAST VIABLE FOR FIRST YEAR 
 
The January LSAT is the last acceptable test for first-year entry. Taking the test at earlier dates is strongly encouraged.
 
First Year candidates
If you plan on taking the LSAT after the Nov 1 application deadline, please still apply to OLSAS by the deadline, otherwise you will not have access to the application form.

Do not wait to register for the test or for the test results, in order to apply. The OLSAS application form will ask to specify which future tests will be taken, and OLSAS will retrieve those scores.
TENTATIVE
February 20, 2026		February 21, 2025
WELCOME DAY
Celebratory introduction to UofT Law for admitted students
April 1, 2026April 1, 2025
ADMISSION RESPONSE DEADLINE: FIRST YEAR ENTRY
 
Deadline to accept or decline first year admission offers at the Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS) 
May 1, 2026May 1, 2025 
APPLICATION DEADLINE: UPPER YEAR ENTRY

Transfer, letter of permission and National Committee on Accreditation (NCA)

Due at the Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS) 
Online:
by 11:59 pm (Toronto time) on the deadline date

Mail/courier:
postmarked on or before the deadline date
TENTATIVE:
August 24, 2026		August 18, 2025First year students: start of classes
TENTATIVE:
September 8, 2026		September 2, 2025Upper year students: start of classes

 

TIMING OF ADMISSION DECISIONS 

Applications are reviewed after the close of the respective application deadlines. Admission decisions will be made after files are complete. Notification of admission decisions will be made by email.
 
FIRST YEAR APPLICANTS
  • Application files are reviewed after the application deadline.

  • We expect to make three main rounds of offers of admissions:
    • the first round in early December
    • the second round in late-February, and
    • the third and final round in mid-late March
       
  • Until a decision is made, applicants will be considered automatically for each round. 
     
  • Notification of offers of admission are sent in each of the three rounds. Notification of refusals and wait listed applicants are made in the final round only. 
     
  • When all places in the class have been filled, an unranked wait list is established to fill vacancies as they occur. 
     
  • Offer Conditions
    For candidates whose academic programs/degrees/courses are in progress during the application cycle, offers of admission will be conditional upon the completion of the in-progress academic record, including coursework, exams, co-op work terms etc., before the start of law school classes. The notation of degree awarded/completion/conferral need not be ready for inclusion on the official transcript, at the start of classes.

 
UPPER YEAR APPLICANTS (Transfers, Letter of Permission, NCA)

  • Application files are reviewed after the application deadline.
  • Offers of admission are made on a rolling basis, as applications become complete and are reviewed.
  • There is no wait list for upper year applicants.