This is a return to normality. The market is starting to signal a dearth in people interested in going to law school.
— Mike Spivey, a law school admissions consultant with the Spivey Group, commenting on 2022’s decrease in law school applications compared to the frenzied pace of applications in 2021, which was up 13% over 2020’s numbers. Applications are down 10% so far this year, and Spivey says he thinks that by the end of this admissions cycle, applicants will be down by about 12% total.
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