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Law Practice

Apr. 7, 2012

Law schools struggle to deal with declining student applications

Across California, enrollment for ABA-accredited law schools was down nearly 9 percent this year and likely will fall further this coming year, according to data from the ABA and U.S. News & World Report's recent rankings.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - With jobs for new lawyers plummeting and the blogosphere full of complaints about law graduates' huge debt burden, it isn't surprising that fewer people went to law school this year.


Across California, enrollment for American Bar Association-accredited schools was down nearly 9 percent this year compared to 2010 and likely will fall further this coming year, according to dat...

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