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FarCenter

(19,429 posts) Wed Jan 9, 2013, 12:31 PM Jan 2013

Students Are Finally Realizing Law School Might Be A Terrible Idea [View all]

It looks like the influx of grim news about the legal industry is starting to have an effect on aspiring lawyers.

The number of people taking the LSAT for the first time dropped 16 percent in December compared to last year, according to The Faculty Lounge, which cited a report from the Law School Admission Council.

The December statistic shouldn't come as much of a shock since LSAT numbers were down in October too.

The number of future students who took the admission test this fall dropped 16.4 percent from last year.

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Students Are Finally Realizing Law School Might Be A Terrible Idea [View all] FarCenter Jan 2013 OP

What this country needs is more lawyers, said no one ever. sadbear Jan 2013 #1

What this country needs is good, honorable lawyers who won't compromise Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #3

What looks good on a lawyer... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #6

... ellisonz Jan 2013 #14

It's really expensive, really difficult, and after all that The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #2

Maybe they realized that they give up everything they believe in because Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #4

When I was getting ready to go to college ToxMarz Jan 2013 #7

A few law schools are shitcanning the LSAT. MADem Jan 2013 #5

California has non-ABA schools and they turn out a fair amount of lawyers ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #8

Those schools are a part of the problem. bayareamike Jan 2013 #9

Well, not every lawyer "needs" to have a high powered, six figure job and tuition is cheap at the MADem Jan 2013 #10

I agree with basically everything you said bayareamike Jan 2013 #11

The guys I know didn't pay anywhere near a hundred grand for their education--they MADem Jan 2013 #12

Well, to be fair I don't know much about that school bayareamike Jan 2013 #13

They must have graduated between five and seven years ago. MADem Jan 2013 #16

Not stopping me! O7!! nt cecilfirefox Jan 2013 #15