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After LSAC published the February 2014 LSAT test administration data, there was buzz that the long freeze of law school applications was about to thaw. For the first time in 15 LSAT administrations, test-taker numbers were up 1.1% and many speculated that applications during the 2014-2015 law school admissions cycle would either level or increase. Even more, a few media outlets were warming up to the idea that now might be a good time to get a law degree, for example: http://www.slate.com/artic

We made a calendar for these but as almost all open on one of two dates, so the calendar didn’t really help much. Here they are listed, which hopefully will make it easier to find your school. We will fill in the dates on the “unsure” schools once we have them. July 1: Baylor August 1: U Tulsa September 1: U Richmond, U Nebraska–Lincoln, U Kentucky, U Oklahoma, U Miami, U Denver, Case Western, U Missouri–Columbia, U Kansas, Cardozo, American, U Tennessee–Knoxville, U Cincinnati, U San Diego,

The following is a breakdown of ABA 2014 applicants and applications by region (based on data received through 7/04/14) and the percent change from last year: RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West ]()7,011-7.8%53,942-5.7% [Great Lakes ]()6,539-11.7%49,329-13.8%[Midsouth ]()6,320-9.0%65,039-10.0% [Midwest ]()1,786-9.2%10,9040.7%[Mountain West ]()2,686-10.5%10,656-8.4%[New England ]()2,437-9.8%28,513-8.5%[Northeast ]()8,490-3.6%61,473-4.3%[Northwest ]()1,340-5.9%8,368-8.9%[South Ce

The exact question reads: *** I was wondering if you and/or Karen could speculate how the proposed ABA rule to allow law schools to take up to 10% of their students without LSAT scores would impact admissions. Would that allow schools to inflate their medians a la the Illinois law admissions scandal thus raising standards across the board? Any insight would be very helpful*** Thanks! Our response: On the micro level, this should have almost a non-existent impact on an individual school’s adm

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