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Legal Education

Aug. 30, 2021

Law students return amid good news and challenges

As law students return to class this fall, they arrive amid several positive signs for legal education. Most obviously, students are actually back in classrooms, learning in person from faculty, and from each other. Interest in law schools remains strong.

Robert A. Schapiro

Robert A. Schapiro is Dean and C. Hugh Friedman Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law.

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As law students return to class this fall, they arrive amid several positive signs for legal education. Most obviously, students are actually back in classrooms, learning in person from faculty, and from each other. Interest in law schools remains strong. The entering class was drawn from an applicant pool that swelled by nearly 13% nationwide over the previous year, with the greatest growth among students with the highest credentials. Applications at the Univers...

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