Two-Thirds Through The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 9.2% And In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-15.4%) And 160-169 (-12.7%))

We are now 67% of the way through Fall 2022 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is down 9.2% compared to last year at this time.

98 of the 199 law schools are experiencing an increase in applications. Applications are up 50% or more at 1 law school, and 30% or more at 10 law schools:

Applicants are up in only one region: Other (+9.4%); and are down the most in Midwest (-14.0%), Far West (-13.2%), and Northeast (-13.1%):

Applicants' LSAT scores are down -15.4% in the 170-180 band, -12.7% in the 160-169 band, -6.4% in the 150-159 band, and -7.7% in the 120-149 band:

Hispanic|Latino applicants are down -2.6%; Asian applicants are down -2.8%; Black|African American applicants are down -7.0%; Not Indicated are down -8.8%;  American Indian|Alaska Native applicants are down -10.8%; Puerto Rican applicants are down -11.2%; Caucasian|White applicants are down -11.3%; and Native Hawaiian|Other Pacific Islander applicants are down -15.9%:

Man applicants are down -9.6% and woman applicants are down -9.6%. Among the remaining gender categories, the largest increases are androgyne (+120.0%), transgender woman (+41.9%), additional gender category (+31.8%), and genderqueer or gender fluid (+21.0%):

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• 9% Through The Fall 2022 Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 11.5%, With Biggest Increase (21.6%) Among The 150-159 LSAT Band (Oct. 4, 2021)
• 25% Through The Fall 2022 Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 2.3%, But Down In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-11.2%)), Except 150-159 (+11.4%) (Nov. 15, 2021)
• 33% Through The Fall 2022 Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 4.4% And In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-13.6%)), Except 150-159 (+0.3%) (Nov. 29, 2021)
• 50% Through The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 5.4% And In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-14.8%) And 160-169 (-9.2%)) (Jan. 10, 2022) 

• Mike Spivey, The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season Opens With A Bang: Applicants Are Up 15% (Sept. 27, 2021)
• Mike Spivey, First Look At The Fall 2022 Admissions Cycle (Oct. 5, 2021)