'Unprecedented': Law Schools Report Major Increases In LSAT Scores For First-Year Students

Holy crap.

No one went down. I’ve never seen that in the 21 or 22 years I been following this. That might be the definition of unprecedented.

— Law school admissions consultant Mike Spivey, commenting on the 2021 median LSAT figures that the majority of law schools ranked in the top 100 by U.S. News have posted on their websites thus far for their entering first-year classes. At least six law schools have reported three-point increases in their median LSAT scores so far.


Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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