Apparently, law schools are finding students—domestic or foreign—interested in these programs. There’s no question schools are looking to other programs to make up the revenue shortfall in J.D. programs.
— Professor Derek Muller of Pepperdine University School of Law, commenting on the “surprise spike” of 20.5 percent in non-J.D. program enrollment according to
recent data from the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Professor Alfred Brophy of the University of Alabama School of Law, didn’t seem to see what the point of these non-J.D. programs was, musing, “It’s not clear to me there’s a huge need for law-focused training outside the J.D.”
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