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LSAT Takers Hit 16-Year High, But Most Grads Regret Going to Law School

Why is law school popular again? One theory is the Trump effect, which is that people are so morally and politically outraged by the direction of the country that they want to go to law school to set things right.

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This news brief is directed at you young’uns—those of you who are thinking about pursuing a career in law. Some issues we’ll look at today: Are you nuts to go to law school? And if you do so, will you regret it? And will you be loved?

LSAT is in vogue again! According to TaxProfBlog, the rate of LSAT test-takers “skyrocketed 29.7 [percent] in December,” which is on top of the 19.8 percent jump in June, and the 10.7 percent surge in September/October. The blog reports that the 19.2 percent overall increase for last year is the largest bump since 2001-02.

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Vivia Chen

Vivia Chen

Vivia Chen is a senior columnist at The American Lawyer and the creator of The Careerist blog.

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