{"id":161201,"date":"2026-08-21T15:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/21\/want-to-go-to-law-school-get-ready-for-hyper-competition-to-earn-your-seat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:40:06","slug":"want-to-go-to-law-school-get-ready-for-hyper-competition-to-earn-your-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/21\/want-to-go-to-law-school-get-ready-for-hyper-competition-to-earn-your-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Want To Go To Law School? Get Ready For \u2018Hyper Competition\u2019 To Earn Your Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019re looking at a significant increase over multiple years. It means you have hyper competition to get into law school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i><\/span> Mike Spivey, law school admissions consultant with Spivey Consulting, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning the increasingly competitive law school admissions landscape. The number of law school applicants rose 8% this year, following an 18% surge the year before. According to the Law School Admission Council, 82,484 people applied to ABA-accredited law schools this year, the largest applicant pool since the Great Recession.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Want To Go To Law School? Get Ready For \u2018Hyper Competition\u2019 To Earn Your Seat<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019re looking at a significant increase over multiple years. It means you have hyper competition to get into law school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> Mike Spivey, law school admissions consultant with Spivey Consulting, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning the increasingly competitive law school admissions landscape. The number of law school applicants rose 8% this year, following an 18% surge the year before. According to the Law School Admission Council, 82,484 people applied to ABA-accredited law schools this year, the largest applicant pool since the Great Recession.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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