Law School Applications Are Surging

Law school applications to nearly 200 law schools nationwide are up 20.5% compared with last year, as the Wall Street Journal reported this month.

Each year the American Bar Association releases information on the most recent batch of law students in the U.S. In 2024, the incoming class was ~39,600 students, 4.8% larger than the incoming class of 2023.

And yet, 2025 is about to blow those numbers out of the water.

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LAW SCHOOL APPLICATIONS ARE BOOMING

This week, Axios.com reported that Georgetown University Law has already received over 14,000 law school applications this year. They’re up 25% from last year and it is the highest number of law school applicants any law school in the country has ever received. Last year, they received 11,296 applications.

LSAC, the Law School Admissions Council, is taking note. They dropped the ever-so-frustrating Logic Games section, and added more June LSAT test dates. Monitoring high demand for the LSAT, they added a fourth day for June 2024 testing —afterall, somebody has to get all of these added law school applicants in for their $238 LSAT exam.

Interestingly enough, women made up 56% of the entering J.D. classes of 2024. Women may hit close to 60% in 2025. There is a clear gender gap in law school admissions, just as with college admissions now.

LAW SCHOOL: IT’S NOT TOO LATE

But, why so many applicants? Why the boost? The Wall Street Journal cites “A weakening white-collar job market and a contentious political climate.” In other words, as today’s college students and working professionals are watching politics unfold and witnessing their friends try to enter a deteriorating job market, they’re coming for law school in droves.

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Want to join them? It is not too late to submit law school applications for a fall 2025 start!

TOP LAW SCHOOLS STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS FALL

University	Final Application Deadline
Baylor University School of Law	July 18
Cornell University Law School	July 1
Elon University School of Law	July 15
George Mason University Scalia School of Law	April 30
Georgia State University School of Law	June 1
Gonzaga University School of Law	April 15
Hofstra University Deane School of Law	April 15
Indiana University Bloomington School of Law	June 1
Michigan State University College of Law	August 1
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law	June 1
Penn State University Dickinson Law	June 30
Texas A&M University School of Law	May 31
UC Davis School of Law	June 1
UC Irvine School of Law	May 1
UC San Francisco College of the Law	April 15
University of Georgia School of Law	June 1
UNC Chapel Hill School of Law	May 1
University of Minnesota Law School	June 1
University of San Diego School of Law	June 1
University of Wyoming College of Law	April 30
USC Gould School of Law	May 1
Villanova University Widger School of Law	July 1
Washington & Lee University School of Law	July 1
WashU St. Louis School of Law	August 10
William & Mary Law School	August 1

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