The Age of Volatility is upon us. Not only is the stock market gyrating, but so are law school application rates.
According to a blog by Paul Caron, dean of Pepperdine Law School, that appeared last week, the projected pool of applicants this year is going to be up about 10 percent — the largest group in seven years. And the composition of that pool includes a lot more people with high LSAT scores.
Why?For years, students were smart enough to stay away from legal careers because there are already lots of lawyers and not enough law jobs to go around. […]
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