Data

11 Mar 2022

Brief Application Cycle Update

There has been some chatter lately about the 2021-2022 application cycle, so we thought we'd provide a brief update.

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02 Mar 2022

2021-22 Cycle Volume Update as of March 1

As we get into the month of March and start seeing the first of the application deadlines, we wanted to provide a quick data update on where the cycle stands.

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09 Feb 2022

Podcast: February 2022 Law School Application Cycle Update

In this episode, Mike gives an update on the data for the 2021-2022 cycle as of early February. He discusses what to expect with medians after this cycle, what's going to happen this waitlist season, what to expect for transfer admissions, and some early preliminary predictions for next cycle.

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01 Feb 2022

Five-Year LSAT/Applicant Trends

We wanted to provide a bit of a wider view on current law school applicant data trends.

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27 Jan 2022

LSAT Bandwidth % Changes 2021-2022

LSAC has recently stopped displaying percentage changes with their volume data, so we wanted to publish these figures for anyone who may find this information useful.

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08 Dec 2021

Podcast: Cycle Volume Update & Conjecture On Where the Cycle Might Be Heading

In this episode, we talk about where this current admissions cycle (2021-2022) stands so far in terms of applicant volume, what that means, what we predict for the rest of the cycle, and some actionable admissions advice based on what we know so far.

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02 Nov 2021

2021-2022 Application Cycle as of November 1st

We're not sure where the time has gone, but it's already November 1st, and we're a couple months into our 2021-2022 application cycle.

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27 Oct 2021

October 2021 LSAT Score Notes

Disclaimer: It's still early. Data is most volatile early and things can change. But I suspect, highly, this cycle won't look like last cycle in respect to number of high scorers 170+, and I also think it is likely applicants (maybe not applications though) will end up down from last year.

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02 Oct 2021

First Look. 2021-2022 Application Cycle Volume as of October 1st

LSAC has posted our first look at 2021-2022 applicant volume. As of today, there are 12.6% more law school applicants so far this cycle than there were at this time last year. For comparison, at this time last year there were 32.8% more applicants than the cycle before that.

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25 Sep 2021

Our First 2021-2022 Cycle Data

We have our first glimpse at 2021-2022 cycle volume. As of 9/23 there were about 6,000 law school applicants so far this year. That's about 15% more than last cycle's ~5,100, and 50% more than the 2019-2020 cycle's ~3,900.

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