Some alarming news related to the LSAT has just emerged. Well, it can be alarming depending on your point of view. As you may know, the LSAT is the test that colleges and universities give as a minimum requirement to enter their graduate law program. In other words, if you don’t pass the LSAT, you don’t have a chance to get into law school in the United States. It is a selection mechanism; a filter. He is the goalkeeper; the border patrol of the law industry.
Today I learned that supposedly fewer and fewer people want to be lawyers. Well, maybe it’s not exactly that. But the report was that at least one university received fewer applications to law school this year and that it was the first time in four years that the number decreased rather than increased. And then the other statistic was reported by an industry organization. And it is that the figures fell either 12 or 16 percent compared to the previous year.
In any case, it was in his teens for the fall. It was for law school applications nationwide or for the number of students taking the LSAT. The news report speculated on the reasons for the lower numbers. They surmised that perhaps one reason is that fewer young students believe that a law degree will guarantee a high-paying job. They are probably right. It’s not that wages in general have dropped suddenly, because they probably haven’t. I think it’s always been the case that law school graduates must first take low-paying jobs and spend years or decades before working their way up to a big firm to make a lot of money, or gain enough experience and clients to start their own firm. . small company
What does this mean to you if you are considering a career in law? Well, it could be less competition. Or it could mean that the market is saturated.