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- Posted December 26, 2014
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Section of Legal Education reports 2014 law school enrollment data
The American Bar Association recently released national figures for first-year and total J.D. enrollment for the fall of 2014.
The 204 ABA-approved law schools reported total J.D. enrollment (full-time and part-time students) of 119,775. This is a decrease of 8,935 students (6.9 percent) from 2013 and a 17.5 percent decrease from the historic high total J.D. enrollment in 2010. The 2014 total enrollment is the lowest since 1982, when there were 169 ABA-approved law schools.
Law schools reported that 37,924 full-time and part-time students began their studies in the fall of 2014. This is a decrease of 1,751 students (4.4 percent) from 2013 and a 27.7 percent decrease from the historic high 1L enrollment of 52,488 in 2010. The 2014 1L enrollment is the lowest since 1974, when there were 151 ABA-approved law schools.
Nearly two-thirds of ABA law schools (127) experienced declines in first-year enrollment from the prior year. At 64 law schools, 1L declines exceeded 10 percent. At 25 schools, 1L enrollment declined by more than 20 percent. Twenty-five schools reported entering classes of fewer than 100 students.
At 69 schools, 1L enrollment increased from 2013. At 36 schools, 1L enrollment was up by less than 10 percent, and at 33 schools, enrollment increased by more than 10 percent. At 11 schools, enrollment increased by more than 20 percent. At 28 schools, the number of 1L students stayed within five students above or below last year's figures.
Over the next several months, the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar will produce and publish reports about this data, including school-specific information. These reports will be included on the statistics page of the section's website.
The data come from the questionnaires that ABA-approved law schools file annually with the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The figures have been verified in a collaborative process between the section and the Law School Admission Council.
The ABA requires law schools to post detailed consumer information on their websites by Dec. 15. This consumer information is also available at online at www.americanbar.org.
Published: Fri, Dec 26, 2014
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