Law Schools
Law school applications continue to fall
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Law school applications are down this year for the fifth year in a row.
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports that 50,269 people have applied to law school for next fall as of June 5, a drop of 2.5 percent from the same period last year. Law Blog cites the latest data from the Law School Admission Council.
Total applications are also down 4.6 percent this year from last year, to 327,793 for fall 2015.
The numbers follow the same pattern the LSAC reported in April, when applicants were down 2.6 percent from last year and applications were down 4.7 percent.
At this point in the year, the LSAC says it usually has about 95 percent of the preliminary final applicant count.
