It is reasonable to believe we are capturing the results of a downward trend in applications that has not been completely matched by a downward trend in law school admissions.
— Erica Moeser, president and CEO of the National Conference of Bar Examiners, commenting on the nationwide drop in bar passage rates over the past few years — a trend that seems to indicate that law schools have admitted “less-qualified” students ever since the applicant pool began to dry up.