October 10, 2022

Law School Application Volume Data Report (Oct. 10, 2022)

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As of October 10, 2022, both law school applicant and application numbers are down significantly vs. last cycle, though there's a big asterisk to these numbers, because last year applicants were quite a bit front-loaded due to the huge number of reapplicants. So these decreases will very likely become less pronounced later in the cycle—but still, this bodes well for applicants.

  • At this time last cycle, 14% of applications had been submitted
  • Applicants are down 13.6% vs. last cycle (2021-2022), and applications are down 19.7%
  • Applicants are down in all LSAT bandwidths (see below)
  • 53 schools are seeing an increase in their applications so far
  • 143 schools are seeing a decrease
  • 1 school no change

2022-2023 Law School Applicant LSAT Scores

As of October 10, 2022

Highest LSAT 2021-2022 Cycle 2022-2023 Cycle % Change
< 140 285 219 -23.2%
140-144 437 429 -1.8%
145-149 881 840 -4.7
150-154 1,404 1,258 -10.4%
155-159 1,503 1,404 -10.4
160-164 1,442 1,151 -20.2%
165-169 1,339 931 -30.5%
170-174 992 737 -25.7%
175+ 348 293 -15.8%
Total 8,631 7,262 -15.9%
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