Jill Backer, Associate Dean for Professional Development and Alumni Affairs of Ave Maria Law School. Courtesy photo

The Enrollment Cliff of 2025—What Will It Do to Law Schools?

The enrollment cliff will hit law schools in 2028-9 and will hit smaller and lower ranked law schools, particularly hard. Less students applying to law schools will result in less competition to get into law schools and a shift of demographics getting into some more elite schools.

November 09, 2022 at 09:18 AM

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Jill Backer

The enrollment cliff or demographic cliff of 2025 will effect the entering freshman classes at undergraduate institutions nationwide. In 2007 we had an economic downturn that resulted in low birth rates. It is predicted that this low birth rate combined with a trend away from college over trade schools will lead to a 15-20% smaller incoming freshman class in 2025.