Data

04 Dec 2015

2015/16 Cycle Data - Schools

As of 12/14/2015, 67 law schools show an increase in applications, while 133 show a decline and 3 show no change. A more detailed breakdown of school increases/decreases is shown below: Increase of 100% or more-Increase of 50% to 99%4Increase of 40% to 49%-Increase of 30% to 39%5Increase of 20% to 29%11Increase of 10% to 19%16Increase of 1% to 9%31No change3Decrease of 1% to 9%51Decrease of 10% to 19%40Decrease of 20% to 29%25Decrease of 30% or greater17

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04 Dec 2015

2015/16 Cycle Data - LSAT Bandwidths

With about 25% of the cycle data complete, below is how LSAT scores per each bandwidth look this cycle look versus this time last cycle: Highest LSAT# Applicants% Change YTD< 140966-14.0%140–1441,1267.5%145–1491,505 -3.2%150–1542,080-4.7%155–1592,192-2.3%160–1642,2897.2%165–1691,84014.9%170–174 99112.6%175–1802542.8%

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07 Jul 2015

2014-2015 Law School Application/Applicant Data

ABA Fall 2015 Applicant and Application Counts based on data received through 7/03/15 RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West]()6,842-2.3%51,579-4.3% [Great Lakes]()6,262-4.4%46,620-5.6%[Midsouth]()6,282-1.4%62,842-3.5%[Midwest]() 1,756-1.2%10,208-6.2%[Mountain West]()2,694-1.8%11,536+7.0%[New England]()2,310 -5.3%27,621-5.0%[Northeast]()8,390-0.8%58,233-5.2%[Northwest]()1,326-0.7%8,282 -0.7%[South Central]()5,618+0.6%23,308-4.5%[Southeast]()7,902-2.7%33,619-4.7% Regional Total49,

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09 Jun 2015

2014-2015 Admissions Cycle Data Through June 5th!

ABA Fall 2015 Applicant and Application Counts The following is a breakdown of ABA 2015 applicants and applications by region (based on data received through 6/05/15) and the percent change from last year: RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West]()6,566-3.1%50,613-4.9% [Great Lakes]()6,036-4.8%47,020-5.4%[Midsouth]()6,104-1.7%62,164-3.7%[Midwest]() 1,713-1.5%10,062-6.4%[Mountain West]()2,595-0.9%11,262+7.9%[New England]()2,248 -4.3%27,345-5.1%[Northeast]()8,108-1.5%57,292-5.5%[Nor

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24 Apr 2015

Near complete 2014/'15 Cycle Data

ABA Fall 2015 Applicant and Application Counts At this time last year (4/17) 88% of the data was in. RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West]()6,370-2.6%49,304-4.9% [Great Lakes]()5,712-4.3%45,553-5.7%[Midsouth]()5,767-1.0%60,545-3.7%[Midwest]() 1,643-2.0%9,739-5.3%[Mountain West]()2,514-1.6%10,9258.0%[New England]()2,143 -4.6%26,571-5.7%[Northeast]()7,691-0.9%55,492-5.4%[Northwest]()1,280-0.2%6,448 -6.8%[South Central]()5,184-0.6%22,142-4.9%[Southeast]()6,500-4.8%29,058-5.7% Regi

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26 Mar 2015

2015 Applicant and Application Counts v. 2014 as of 3/20/15

RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West]()5,875-3.4%45,572-6.4% [Great Lakes]()5,155-5.4%41,918-7.0%[Midsouth]()5,333-1.6%56,967-4.6%[Midwest]() 1,490-2.1%8,820-4.9%[Mountain West]()2,395-3.2%9,9393.2%[New England]()1,898 -10.4%24,506-8.0%[Northeast]()7,071-0.4%50,909-5.4%[Northwest]()1,208-1.6%6,116 -7.9%[South Central]()4,821-0.4%20,638-5.1%[Southeast]()5,738-3.8%25,856-4.7% Regional Total40,984-2.9%Other*2,213-3.8%Total43,197-2.9%291,241-5.6%Last year at this time we had 82% of

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17 Feb 2015

2014-2015 Application and Applicant Data

The following is a breakdown of ABA 2015 applicants and applications based on data received through 2/06/15 and the percent change from last year. RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West]()4,804-5.1%37,277-8.2% [Great Lakes]()3,815-5.8%30,289-9.7%[Midsouth]()3,616-5.8%39,786-9.0%[Midwest]() 1,005-4.7%6,207-5.4%[Mountain West]()1,689-0.6%6,396-1.7%[New England]()1,351 -9.1%18,221-7.4%[Northeast]()4,905-4.2%37,115-8.4%[Northwest]()852-6.1%3,964 -13.3%[South Central]()2,939-4.0%12,32

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27 Jan 2015

LSAT Changes in the Past 5 years, top 75 Law Schools.

** ****USNWR****School****2010****2011****2012****2013****2014****+/- Δ**————– ———————————————————————————————#1 [Yale](http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/yale/)1731731731731730#2 [Harvard](http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/harvard/)1731731731731730#3 [Stanford](http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/stanford/)170170170171172+2#4 [Columbia](http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/columbia/)1721721721711720#4 [Chicago](http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/chicago/)171171171170170-1#6 [N

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08 Jan 2015

Projections on the 2014/2015 law school admissions cycle

Note the 170+ matric accessible at the bottom. These are projections and undoubtedly there will be fluctuations that cannot be accounted for, for the precise data as of Jan. 2nd please see our previous blog. https://docs.google.com/a/spiveyconsulting.com/spreadsheets/d/1azH_EAKQoa8nEiieYX11tBwMT54jpiIOQIb8UqGK4fE/edit#gid=851595791

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07 Jan 2015

Law School Admissions Data: The First of 2015!

The following is a breakdown of ABA 2015 applicants and applications by region (based on data received through 1/02/15) and the percent change from last year: RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West]()2,310-12.1%17,815-11.8% [Great Lakes]()2,393-8.2%18,016-11.9%[Midsouth]()2,221-6.6%23,704-11.4% [Midwest]()602-4.7%3,552-5.9%[Mountain West]()863-3.1%3,018-5.8%[New England]() 806-12.4%10,380-11.8%[Northeast]()2,963-10.4%21,972-10.6%[Northwest]()485-14.0% 2,109-20.2%[South Central]()

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