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Law Schools Just Keep Admitting More And More Students
Posted on Wednesday May 17, 2023

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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day!

According to the AccessLex Institute’s recently updated Legal Education Data Deck, in 2022, the overall law school admission rate increased by 2 percentage points. What was the overall admission rate?

Hint: While by no means is the admission rate the highest it’s ever been — that was in 2017, at 75% — this is the first time in seven years that the admission rate has increased.

See the answer on the next page.

Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

Answer: The law school admission rate for 2022 was 70% (tied with 2020’s admission rate). Read more here.

Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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