Georgia Welcomes 180 1Ls, Down 5% From Last Year (27% From 2010)

The Red & Black, UGA School of Law Working to Increase Enrollment After Five-Year Drop:

The University of Georgia School of Law is experiencing less enrollment than it did five years ago. 

In the last five years, law school enrollment nationwide has been in decline. According to a report from Public Broadcasting Atlanta, all five law schools in Georgia have fewer students enrolled this semester than in the fall of 2011.

Madison Turner, of Suwanee, who graduated from UGA in May with a double major in political science and criminal justice, went through the application process for the University of Georgia School of Law and several other law schools. Turner said throughout the application process, the decrease in enrollment in law schools nationwide was brought up multiple times.

“Around the recession, students were graduating and couldn’t get jobs as attorneys. They were graduating and trying to pay off student loans and couldn’t,” Roseboro said. “So it’s kind of a trickle-down effect, unless people are applying. It’s definitely something not specific to Georgia as far as the lower enrollment. That’s definitely something almost every law school has seen.”

“Yes, nationally there was a drop in applicants to law school,” said Gregory Roseboro, executive director of admissions and diversity programs at UGA Law School. “It’s beginning to change now. Last year applicants were slightly up, but it’s nowhere near where it was, let’s say five or six years ago."

Georgia welcomed 180 1Ls this Fall, down 5% from last year 's 189 (and 27% from 2010's 248).  Georgia's 2016 25%/50%/75% LSAT and GPA are 158/162/163 and 3.47/3.73/3.86. Here are Georgia's admission data for the prior six years from Law School Transparency:

Previous TaxProf Blog posts on Fall 2016 entering classes:

• Brooklyn
• Colorado (more here)
• Ohio Northern
• Richmond
• San Diego