<p>Trending up? trending down? I can think of a host of reasons for both, so I'm curious to see what has actually happened.</p>
<p>Tests</a> Administered Data</p>
<p>One element to ponder.</p>
<p>Various yet-to-be confirmed reports (most are still taking applications at least until March 1) are indicating that the high ranked law schools are seeing a 3% to 6% increases this year but that applications overall are likely to be up only about 1%. Usually in a bad economy applications go up overall quite a bit (it is one of the alternatives to not finding a job), but most suspect that will mostly happen next year and not for the 2009 class.</p>