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Is Law School Admissions Turning a Corner?

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If you’re poring over law school admissions data, it can be hard to find positives. Last year, the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) reported that LSAT test-takers had plunged by 45% since 2009. Another professor’s number crunching yielded a finding that the quality of JD applicants was slipping. And one researcher even estimated that 80% of law schools were operating at a loss.
Of course, the news isn’t completely bleak. One professor predicts that the demand for law school grads could equal – or exceed – supply by 2016. And now, recent LSAC numbers offer another glimmer of hope. On January 24th, Law School Admissions Counselor reviewed the most recent current volume study and came away with these two findings:

  • Although applications are down 12.6% over the previous year, it is the smallest drop since January 2011. 
  • On the LSAT, there was an 8.5% increase in the number of applicants who scored 175 or above.

In other words, the bloodletting is easing. What’s more, law school may again be attracting the best and brightest minds. Does this reflect a rebound from rock bottom (or a market correction, at least)? It is probably too early to say. But these numbers could be early indicators that the worst is over and better days are coming.
Source: Law School Admissions Counselor

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