October 10, 2022

Law School Application Volume Data Report (Oct. 10, 2022)

Law School Application Volume Data Report (Oct. 10, 2022)Spivey Consulting Group

As of October 10, 2022, both law school applicant and application numbers are down significantly vs. last cycle, though there's a big asterisk to these numbers, because last year applicants were quite a bit front-loaded due to the huge number of reapplicants. So these decreases will very likely become less pronounced later in the cycle—but still, this bodes well for applicants.

  • At this time last cycle, 14% of applications had been submitted
  • Applicants are down 13.6% vs. last cycle (2021-2022), and applications are down 19.7%
  • Applicants are down in all LSAT bandwidths (see below)
  • 53 schools are seeing an increase in their applications so far
  • 143 schools are seeing a decrease
  • 1 school no change

2022-2023 Law School Applicant LSAT Scores

As of October 10, 2022

Highest LSAT 2021-2022 Cycle 2022-2023 Cycle % Change
< 140 285 219 -23.2%
140-144 437 429 -1.8%
145-149 881 840 -4.7
150-154 1,404 1,258 -10.4%
155-159 1,503 1,404 -10.4
160-164 1,442 1,151 -20.2%
165-169 1,339 931 -30.5%
170-174 992 737 -25.7%
175+ 348 293 -15.8%
Total 8,631 7,262 -15.9%
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