Tuesday, October 1, 2013
1L Enrollment Data at 20 California Law Schools
Unofficial 1L enrollment statistics at twenty California law schools, sorted by the change in enrollment in the classes entering fall 2013 and fall 2010:
| School (US News Rank) | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | Change 2013 v 2010 | Change 2013 v 2012 |
| La Verne (n/r) | 165 | 44 | 54 | -67.3% | 22.7% |
| Western State (Tier 2) | 238 | 146 | 103 | -56.7% | -29.8% |
| Golden Gate (Tier 2) | 319 | 229 | 150 | -53.0% | -34.5% |
| McGeorge (124) | 343 | 252 | 162 | -52.8% | -35.7% |
| San Francisco (144) | 251 | 220 | 160 | -36.3% | -27.3% |
| T. Jefferson (Tier 2) | 361 | 300 | 259 | -28.3% | -13.7% |
| Cal Western (Tier 2) | 313 | 261 | 225 | -28.1% | -13.8% |
| Whittier (n/r) | 300 | 227 | 222 | -26.0% | -2.2% |
| UC Davis (38) | 192 | 189 | 143 | -25.5% | -24.3% |
| Chapman (126) | 208 | 167 | 156 | -25.0% | -6.6% |
| San Diego (68) | 325 | 246 | 245 | -24.6% | -0.4% |
| Santa Clara (96) | 326 | 237 | 250 | -23.3% | 5.5% |
| USC (18) | 218 | 188 | 176 | -19.3% | -6.4% |
| UC Hastings (48) | 385 | 315 | 331 | -14.0% | 5.1% |
| Loyola (68) | 407 | 379 | 360 | -11.6% | -5.0% |
| Pepperdine (61) | 222 | 212 | 201 | -9.0% | -5.2% |
| Southwestern (Tier 2) | 404 | 365 | 375 | -7.2% | 2.7% |
| UC Los Angeles (17) | 309 | 308 | 293 | -5.2% | -4.9% |
| UC Berkeley (9) | 283 | 263 | 286 | 1.1% | 8.8% |
| UC Irvine (n/r) | 83 | 119 | 128 | 54.2% | 7.6% |
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/10/1l-enrollment-.html
Comments
"Presumably, most have dreamed of and planned a legal career for many years"
What the hell?
Even 3Ls cannot plan a legal career. I know a large number of people who passed bar but still have no legal career. To be precise, less than 30% of law grads have a legal career. How can 0Ls plan a legal career?
Posted by: vijay | Oct 7, 2013 7:20:05 AM
Why didn't you go back to 2009 - one year in which to absorb the reality that the economy was dead? For instance, UC Hastings as far back as 25 years ago normally had a class of 500+. Burn, baby, burn.
Posted by: GM | Oct 8, 2013 2:00:34 PM