Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
One of the things I’m thinking about, we’re turning down some really great people. People who I would have admitted last year are getting wait-listed and denied this year. There will be some very high quality candidates who aren’t getting into any law school this year…but the caliber of law students in this incoming class is going to be very high and really, really strong at all schools across the board.
— Sarah Zearfoss, senior assistant dean of University of Michigan Law School, in comments given to Law.com, on the national increase in law school applications. She went on to say that with less than a month left in the application cycle, there was a 30% increase in applicants to Michigan Law. When asked why she thought applications had surged, she said, “It’s a bit of a mystery. My guess is it’s a little bit of everything. There could be a tiny effect from changes to the [LSAT], more of an effect from the economy, and some effects from the election.”
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