No one wants to admit it, but there’s a whiff of anxiety that the legal field is dumbing down.
The source of this angst? The steep decline in law school applicants. Not since 1973, when there were 53 fewer schools in this country, has first-year law student enrollment sunk this low. According to the American Bar Association, there were 37,924 new law students in the fall of 2014—a 28 percent drop from 2010, when 1L enrollment (52,488) hit a historic high.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
