The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 12%, The Most Among Whites (-14%) And The Highest LSAT Bands (-14%)

We are now 100% of the way through Fall 2022 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is down 11.6% compared to last year at this time.

43 of the 199 law schools are experiencing an increase in applications. Applications are up 20 % or more at 4 law schools and 10% or more at 12 law schools:

Applicants are up in only one region: Other (+5.3%); and are down the most in Northwest (-19.2%), Northeast (-18.1%), and Midwest (-15.3%):

Applicants' LSAT scores are down -14.2% in the 170-180 band, -13.8% in the 160-169 band, -10.2% in the 150-159 band, and -10.6% in the 120-149 band:

Asian applicants are down -4.7%; Hispanic|Latino applicants are down -5.6%; Puerto Rican applicants are down -7.8%; Black|African American applicants are down -10.0%; American Indian|Alaska Native applicants are down -10.7%; Not Indicated are down -11.3%; Native Hawaiian|Other Pacific Islander applicants are down -12.5%; and Caucasian|White applicants are down -13.9%.

Man applicants are down -12.3% and woman applicants are down -11.6%. Among the remaining gender categories, the largest increases are androgyne (+64.7%), additional gender category (+31.4%), and genderqueer or gender fluid (+16.9%):

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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)
• 67% 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)
• 90% Through The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 11.0%, The Most Among Whites And The Highest LSAT Bands (Apr. 19, 2021)

• 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)