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As we prepare for our 2018-2019 cycle recap (coming later this summer) we've been digging into some historic LSAC and ABA provided data. As always, thank you to LSAC and the ABA for making this information publicly available. In this post we'll be looking at data primarily from the 2011-2012 cycle through the 2017-2018 cycle; so overall seven cycles worth of data, which is a decent sample size. In certain instances we'll include data from before 2011; we will note when we do so. First, we wante

This opportunity to see your score and cancel or retake for free is available for the July 2019 LSAT.

It's that time of year: waitlist movement time. Many first and second deposit deadlines have passed, and schools are starting the process of finalizing their entering 2019 classes. That's good news for thousands of nervous applicants who are sitting on waitlists anxiously hoping for news. Those of you who were around in the 2017-2018 cycle remember it as a summer of disappointment. The dramatic 7.9% increase in LSAT applicants in that cycle overwhelmed many schools unprepared for such drastic

Our predictions for the 2019/2020 law school admissions cycle.

Data is based on acceptance rates for the incoming class of 2018.

We were lucky enough to get some great data on upcoming LSAT administration numbers, and we want to share it with you. We've got some analysis for you, a little bit of a teaser for next cycle, and great input from Dave Killoran of Powerscore, who aside from his obvious LSAT expertise has been closely tracking the shift to a digital LSAT. Without further ado: final June 2019 LSAT registrations are slightly below 24,000. Last year, 22,489 applicants took the June LSAT. As we currently only hav

Learn how to make your own custom law school rankings.

The U.S. News & World Report law school rankings have changed quite a bit over the years. In 1987, the methodology included just one metric—the percentage of law school deans who ranked the school, in their subjective estimation, as a "top 10 law school." See below the resulting top 20. As a bonus, you can also see what tuition rates looked like in 1987—the highest figure of which is under $14,000 (Columbia), and the lowest of which is just $4,500 (UT Austin—which is out-of-state) (note that all

Registration for the June 2019 LSAT closed yesterday.

It's the time of year when some people are making decisions they're not 100% happy about on what law school to attend.

Quick advice.

In law school admissions we often refer to wait list movement as "summer melting" – which is a rather accurate appellation, for as the summer progresses so too does the melting of your admitted/deposited class. As schools ranked above you go to their WL to firm up needs (and needs could be any of a number of things, e.g. LSAT median, GPA, gender, diversity, great applicants etc.) you lose your admits and deposited applicants. It happens in true, albeit extended, waves. HLS, for example, will adm