Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog

News and views about philosophy, the academic profession, academic freedom, intellectual culture, and other topics. The world’s most popular philosophy blog, since 2003.

  1. J.P. Loo's avatar
  2. Sebastian Sunday Grève's avatar
  3. Giovanni Molteni Tagliabue's avatar
  4. Fabien Muller's avatar
  5. Saul Smilansky's avatar

Law school applicants increase

Blog Emperor Caron collects the details from LSAC, but as he notes the Trump changes to federal student loans may change this situation significantly.  If students cannot get federal loans for the total cost of three years of legal education, they will have to turn to the private loan market, which will no doubt price loans based on employment outcomes.  And even when employment outcomes are favorable, the cost of the loans and the hassle may deter many law school applicants.  Obviously Trump is destroying many things in America–public health, the rule of law, America's research preeminence–so why shouldn't legal education be next?

,

Designed with WordPress