The last few years have all been good years anyway, so now we will be at or above last year, and that’s good news for legal education. We’re busier at this time of year than we have ever been in our history. We’ve seen a good surge both for this fall, and already for the next fall.
— Kellye Testy, president of the Law School Admission Council, commenting on the surge in law school applications that have been submitted over the past six weeks of the pandemic. More than 61,500 people have now applied to attend ABA-accredited law schools for the upcoming academic year. The online LSAT-Flex and a challenging job market likely impacted the rush of applications.
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