Which Law Schools That Accept the GRE Can You Apply To?

Which law schools accept the GRE for JD admission this application cycle?

Yale, Columbia, Harvard, and the University of Chicago are verified examples in the official admissions materials provided here. Their pages establish that they accept the GRE for JD admission, but they are not a complete directory of every ABA-accredited program. Verify any school not listed below directly before deciding which test to take or submit.

Policies can differ even among schools that accept the same test. Use this table as a starting point, not a substitute for the live admissions page. The Yale page says it was updated in July 2026; application-cycle instructions and deadlines can change.

For the source wording and any updates, consult Yale’s application components, Columbia’s JD FAQ, Harvard’s regular JD admissions FAQs, and Chicago’s standardized-test FAQ.

Older third-party lists can blur an old policy, an ABA-approved school’s current rule, and a school’s actual enrollment outcomes. The ABA says schools reported which test was accepted for each admitted student for the first time in Fall 2024. In that reported group, 38,728 students were accepted with LSATs and 701 with GREs. Those totals do not mean every school accepts the GRE or that the tests produce equivalent admission prospects.

Can I apply to law school with only a GRE score and no LSAT?

Yes, at schools that accept the GRE and whose policy permits your application history; a GRE-only testing path is not a universal rule across law schools. Yale, Columbia, Harvard, and Chicago each list the GRE as an accepted test, but their score-submission and LSAT-history requirements differ.

Do not treat “accepts the GRE” as shorthand for “ignores every LSAT you have taken.” Yale says applicants may submit scores from only one test type, and a reportable LSAT prevents GRE consideration. Harvard similarly says it will not consider the GRE if a valid LSAT score is on file. Columbia instead requires GRE applicants to submit LSAT scores from administrations in the past five years, while allowing applicants using the LSAT to rely on that test as their sole standardized-test basis even if they have taken the GRE.

Before you choose a test, check four items on the school’s official page: whether it accepts the GRE for your JD application, how it defines a reportable or valid LSAT, how many years of scores must be reported, and how ETS must send results. If the wording does not resolve your situation, send admissions a concise question: “I have an LSAT score from [date]. May I apply using GRE scores, and which test results must I report?”

Which schools accept the GRE instead of the LSAT if I already have an LSAT score?

Columbia and the University of Chicago describe ways to apply with GRE scores even when you have LSAT history, while Yale and Harvard say an existing reportable or valid LSAT blocks GRE consideration. The school’s definition of score validity matters, so match your exact test dates to its policy.

Columbia’s FAQ says GRE applicants must submit LSAT scores from administrations within the past five years. It also says applicants applying with the LSAT can use LSAT scores as their sole standardized-test basis even if they have taken the GRE. Chicago says it evaluates all submitted LSAT and GRE scores when both are sent, reviews all valid LSAT scores with greatest importance on the highest LSAT, and reports the highest LSAT score to the ABA.

Those policies are materially different. If an LSAT score is on your record, do not infer eligibility from a general list. Ask the admissions office whether your score is reportable under its current rules, whether it must be sent, and how the committee will treat it alongside GRE results. A useful email keeps the question narrow: “My LSAT was taken on [date]. If I submit the GRE, will the LSAT be considered, and must I report it?”

Do top 14 law schools accept GRE scores?

Several schools commonly included in discussions of the top 14—Yale, Columbia, Harvard, and Chicago—state that they accept the GRE for JD admission, but their policies do not establish a shared rule for every school in that group. Check each school’s current policy rather than relying on a label such as “T14.”

Even where the GRE is accepted, a school’s policy does not tell you how many GRE applicants enroll or whether their outcomes match those of LSAT applicants. The ABA’s Standard 509 disclosures provide school-level admissions and enrollment information. Its 2025 disclosure format includes GRE admissions-enrollee counts and GRE section percentiles for schools with qualifying data, but it does not publish GRE percentile data when fewer than 10 students were accepted using GRE scores, to protect privacy. GPA data are aggregated across the first-year class regardless of test.

That creates a real limit on comparison: acceptance policy is visible, while detailed score distributions may not be. The ABA’s Statistics and Required Disclosures page points to current reports and identifies Required Disclosures as the home of the most updated information. Use available school-level data as context, not as a promise of equivalent chances.

A practical score-and-policy check

A GRE total of 320 is not a stand-alone admissions verdict. The provided sources do not establish a universal GRE-to-LSAT conversion or a single score threshold that works across law schools. Columbia says it has no minimum GRE score and considers GRE sections through holistic review; Yale and Harvard also state they have no GPA or standardized-test cutoffs.

Start with your Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Analytical Writing results, then compare them with each school’s published guidance where available. The ETS score-interpretation resources include percentiles and a GRE Comparison Tool for Law Schools that estimates a predicted LSAT score from Verbal and Quantitative scores. Treat that estimate as context, not a school decision or a replacement for its own review.

A 3.7 GPA can contribute to the full application, but the supplied sources do not show that it automatically compensates for a GRE result below a school’s typical range. Yale and Harvard say they do not use GPA or test cutoffs to prevent review of a complete application. Check the school’s actual guidance, and evaluate the full record rather than turning one test total and one GPA into a pass-or-fail formula.