Georgetown Evening JD: Can You Skip the LSAT?

Georgetown Evening JD: Can You Skip the LSAT?

Georgetown's evening-only JD applicants may apply test-optional if they have no valid LSAT on file. Applicants selecting full-time or both divisions need a valid accepted test score. Later exam registration also creates a notification obligation.

The division choice changes the testing rule

Georgetown's JD FAQ requires a valid LSAT, GRE or GMAT score for applicants to the full-time program or both divisions. The test-optional route is restricted to evening-only applicants without a valid LSAT. Georgetown JD admissions FAQ.

The evening-program page independently confirms the route for applicants without a currently valid LSAT. It places the option within a program designed for students with full-time work or other substantial commitments. That is a specific Georgetown admissions route, not an exemption available at every evening law program. Georgetown evening admissions.

The FAQ also says test-optional applicants who subsequently register for the LSAT, GRE or GMAT must notify admissions. Failure to do so promptly may void a decision. Do not treat registration as something to disclose only after receiving a score.

Check three situations before submitting

The table addresses test selection only. Review the rest of the application requirements independently.

Start by recording the actual division selected in the application. Then check your testing record and any future registration. A preference for evening classes in your personal notes does not change an application that selects both divisions.

If you want to change divisions after submission, ask admissions how that change affects the file and required components before assuming it has taken effect. Keep the response with your application records.

Our recommendation is to select a division because its study format fits your circumstances, then follow its testing requirements. Choosing evening solely to avoid a test can leave you planning for a program whose schedule you have not seriously considered.

An illustrative change from evening to both

Imagine a working applicant with no valid LSAT who prepares an evening-only application. Near submission, they select both divisions because they want to preserve more options.

That change matters. Under Georgetown's rule, the application now needs a valid accepted score. The applicant cannot carry the evening-only test exemption across to the broader selection.

Now suppose the applicant remains evening-only and submits test-optional, then registers for the GRE for another graduate program. The notification rule names subsequent GRE registration as well as LSAT and GMAT registration. The applicant should notify Georgetown rather than assume the original purpose of the exam removes that obligation.

Neither situation establishes what the admissions decision will be. Both identify an action needed to keep the file consistent with the selected route and current facts.

Prepare the personal statement for its own prompt

Our Georgetown writing guide covers the personal statement and optional responses. The law essay hub connects the broader application.

For your own compatible personal statement, the law personal-statement rubric, available through law statement review, examines evidence and prompt coverage. It does not determine whether a test-optional application qualifies.

Official Georgetown sources checked September 11, 2026. Recheck division and testing instructions before submitting or changing your application.