75% Through The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 10% And In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-15%) And 160-169 (-14%))

We are now 75% of the way through Fall 2022 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is down 9.8% compared to last year at this time.

77 of the 199 law schools are experiencing an increase in applications. Applications are up 50% or more at 1 law school, and 20% or more at 14 law schools:

Applicants are up in only one region: Other (+8.9%); and are down the most in Midwest (-15.3%), Northwest (-14.8%), and Far West (-13.3%):

Applicants' LSAT scores are down -15.3% in the 170-180 band, -13.8% in the 160-169 band, -9.3% in the 150-159 band, and -7.4% in the 120-149 band:

Hispanic|Latino applicants are down -3.7%; Asian applicants are down -2.9%; Black|African American applicants are down -5.6%; American Indian|Alaska Native applicants are down -8.1%; Not Indicated are down 9.3%; Puerto Rican applicants are down -9.6%; Caucasian|White applicants are down -12.4%; and Native Hawaiian|Other Pacific Islander applicants are down -12.9%:

Man applicants are down -10.3% and woman applicants are down -10.2%. Among the remaining gender categories, the largest increases are androgyne (+107.7%), transgender woman (+45.5%), additional gender category (+38.5%), and genderqueer or gender fluid (+18.1%):

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))
• 66.7% 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%)) (Feb. 17, 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)