TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Brittany Sims on Dec 17, 2014

Law school enrollment fell for the fourth year straight, the American Bar Association reports. The ABA today released national figures for total and first-year law school enrollment for the fall of 2014.The 204 ABA-approved law schools reported total enrollment decreased 6.9 percent from 2013 and 17.5 percent from the historic high in 2010. The 2014 total enrollment is the lowest since 1987, when there were 175 ABA-approved law schools. First year enrollment dropped 4.4 percent from 2013 and 27.7 percent from 2010, resulting in the lowest 1L enrollment since 1973.