Friday, January 13, 2017
Percentage Of Law Students Paying Full Tuition Falls To 28%, Down From 48% In 2011
Matt Leichter, 2015: Full-Time Law Students Paying Full Tuition Fell ~5 Percentage Points (Again):
As with 2014, the proportion of full-time law students paying full freight fell substantially at the average law school not in Puerto Rico. In 2015, the last year for which data are available, the average was 28.1 percent, down from 32.9 percent. In 2011, the average was 20 points higher.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2017/01/number-of-law-students-paying-full-tuition-falls-to-28-down-from-48-in-2011.html
Comments
Schools are required to disclose this information in their ABA 509 reports. And what specifically has Leichter been wrong about in the past that requires "caution" Brian?
Posted by: Lonnie | Jan 13, 2017 1:39:47 PM
He's obviously getting it from the law schools' 509 disclosure forms, which contain the exact information he quotes. Given that the info is provided by law schools, one should be cautious.
Posted by: 509 Disclosures | Jan 13, 2017 12:04:36 PM
@Brian,
This stuff is all on ABA Form 509 required disclosures. And since you didn't finish your thought, what about "his track record" concerns you? That he writes things that counter the law school marketing narrative?
Posted by: Unemployed Northeastern | Jan 13, 2017 9:44:32 AM
Brian, I am sure he pulled this data directly from the ABA 509 reports which provide this information from each school.
Posted by: JM | Jan 13, 2017 7:46:41 AM
If it is from the ABA 509 reports, then he should have said so. In the past, he has completely misinterpreted the ABA data on teaching faculty, but that is but one example. He's not too swift.
Posted by: Brian | Jan 14, 2017 8:39:21 AM