Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Law School Applications Down 16%
LSAC, Three-Year ABA Volume Comparison:
As of 12/06/13, there are 90,032 Fall 2014 applications submitted by 14,171 applicants. Applicants are down 13.6% and applications are down 15.7% from 2013. ...
Paul Campos (Colorado), Law School Applications Continue Their Steep Decline:
A first year class of 35,000 next fall (and note this is at the optimistic end of estimates given the analysis above) would mean that the total national enrollment over the previous three years will have been around 119,000, as compared to 153,700 from 2008-2010, i.e., there will be 22.6% fewer law students than there were four years earlier, despite a radical decline in admissions standards.
Update: Matt Leichter, Week 49: 51,300 Applicants Projected for 2014:
Update:
- Brian Leiter (Chicago), Latest LSAT Report: Total Applicants Down 13.4% From This Time Last Year
- Deborah Jones Merritt (Ohio State), Law School Applicants
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/12/law-school--1.html
Comments
Michael,
I think we've covered this ground before, but how many prospective law students do you really think read TaxProf Blog? (no offense intended, Professor Caron)
Posted by: Unemployed Northeastern | Dec 12, 2013 9:43:19 AM
michael,
i suspect increased transparency isn't helping the cause of the law schools either. 0Ls are smart enough to read the writing on the wall. Take out a quarter million dollars in debt to get a 60 percent chance of earning circa $50 - 60k, with few opportunities for further advancement in a very competitive field, doing work that many loathe.
Posted by: Bobby Dobb | Dec 12, 2013 7:38:19 AM
BD,
Shush...you are intruding upon the last refuge of the scoundrels - "Pay no attention to that, you know, *data* behind the curtain - It is all Scamblog Panic!"
Actually, Scamblog Panic would make a h*ll of a band name.
Posted by: cas127 | Dec 12, 2013 10:00:52 AM