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The 2020-21 law school admissions cycle saw the largest year-over-year increase in the number of applicants in nearly 20 years, and law school admissions officers predict this trend likely won’t reverse itself this current cycle, according to a new Kaplan survey. Of the admissions officers at 90 American Bar Association-accredited law schools that Kaplan surveyed, 78 percent predict that the number of applicants will either stay at last cycle’s elevated volume (45 percent) or increase (33 percent). Only 22 percent of law school admissions officers believe there will be a decrease in applicants.
Admissions officers shared the following anecdotes about why they believe we’re in for another year of high applicant volume:
- “I suspect we’ll see some carryover from the students who applied late last cycle and didn’t receive admissions offers because rosters were full.”
- “If the pandemic and the new variants are brought under control, then we will see a leveling off of application volume to law school. If not, we will continue to see an increase in people interested in law school, especially in the areas of public policy, constitutional law and health-care law.”
- “Test-taker registration shows the possibility of yet another increase.”
