Government
Dec. 25, 2012
As law school enrollment plummets, LL.M. programs boom, ABA finds
Law schools have increased enrollment in their master's of law and other non-J.D. programs by 52 percent since 2000, according to the ABA. The growth only partially offsets revenue lost to the steep decline in new J.D. students.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
New data from the American Bar Association show that while the number of starting law students has declined over the past several years, law schools have markedly boosted enrollment in master's of law and other non-J.D. programs.
The number of first-year law students dropped by 8 percent from 2005 to 2012, the ABA announced Friday. But over the same period the number of people studying for ...
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