As you can see, the applicant pool may have been relatively flat, but the quality declined significantly as applicants with high LSAT scores declined at a high rate, but those with low predictors increased somewhat.

This year, we saw some uptick in LSAT test-takers, and I wondered what it might ultimately mean. Again, caution is appropriate for such data--raw LSAT test-takers alone, for instance, do not reflect the quality of the applicant pool.

LSAC discloses that applicants are up about 0.6% as of November 27, 2015. And, as of this time last year, we had about 25% of the law school applicant pool. Limited data, to be sure. But we can see a fairly dramatic change in the quality of the applicant pool, at least year-to-date.