Government
Sep. 19, 2012
Enrollment in California law schools slips again
The number of new students starting at ABA-accredited law schools in California has fallen roughly 8 percent each of the last two years. Deans are adopting several approaches to the problem.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Starting classes at law schools are smaller around the country this year, and the story is no different in California, where overall fall enrollment numbers have slid roughly 8 percent each of the past two years.
"For almost every law school, a new competitor has emerged," said Frank H. Wu, dean of UC Hastings College of the Law. "That competitor is, 'Decided not to go to law...
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