"After several years of plummeting demand for a legal education, the number of people seeking a J.D. has suddenly increased.
A recent report from the Law School Admission Council shows that, as of mid-January, the number of law school applications submitted in the 2018-19 admissions cycle was nearly 11 percent higher than it was around the same time in the 2017-18 cycle.
LSAC statistics also reveal that 27.9 percent more LSAT tests were administered in December 2017 than in December 2016. Students who earned a high LSAT score were also more likely to apply to law school as compared with the prior admissions cycle, according to LSAC data.
Experts say the recent spike in interest in the legal profession is driven both by economic growth and the political news cycle. Improvement in the U.S. job market has made young people more optimistic about their career prospects and more willing to invest in law school, partly because law schools have recently offered steep tuition discounts to recruit talented students, experts say." …