Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
One
of
the
things
I’m
thinking
about,
we’re
turning
down
some
really
great
people.
People
who
I
would
have
admitted
last
year
are
getting
wait-listed
and
denied
this
year.
There
will
be
some
very
high
quality
candidates
who
aren’t
getting
into
any
law
school
this
year…but
the
caliber
of
law
students
in
this
incoming
class
is
going
to
be
very
high
and
really,
really
strong
at
all
schools
across
the
board.
—
Sarah
Zearfoss,
senior
assistant
dean
of
University
of
Michigan
Law
School,
in
comments
given
to
Law.com,
on
the
national
increase
in
law
school
applications.
She
went
on
to
say
that
with
less
than
a
month
left
in
the
application
cycle,
there
was
a
30%
increase
in
applicants
to
Michigan
Law.
When
asked
why
she
thought
applications
had
surged,
she
said,
“It’s
a
bit
of
a
mystery.
My
guess
is
it’s
a
little
bit
of
everything.
There
could
be
a
tiny
effect
from
changes
to
the
[LSAT],
more
of
an
effect
from
the
economy,
and
some
effects
from
the
election.”
Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
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Law,
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worked
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2011.
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