LSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: September/October 2016 Edition
It only took the LSAC 40 days since the September/October LSAT administration to update its Web site, which is a noticeable improvement over June and February. Frankly, I’m finding that more...
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: December 2016 Edition
The number of December LSAT takers grew to 31,340 (+7.6 percent) this administration. It’s the second period with growth after small drops in February and June 2016. The four-period moving sum, which...
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: February 2017 Edition
Make that three administrations in a row that the number of LSAT takers has risen. At last, the LSAC has published the results of the February 2017 LSAT. 21,400 people took the test, up 5.4 percent...
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: June 2017 Edition
For those of you who were as curious as I about whether a secular trend in law-school interest was causing the uptick in LSATs, well, too bad! Count me in on the bandwagon attributing it to His...
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: September/October 2017 Edition
37,146 people sat for the September/October 2017 administration of the LSAT, up 10.7 percent from last year (27,606). Here’s what it looks like in perspective. The four-period moving sum of LSATs rose...
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: December 2017 Edition
The number of December LSAT takers rose to 40,096 (+27.9 percent) from 31,340 last year. It is the sixth administration in a row to show positive test-taker growth. Here is what it looks like in...
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: February 2018 Edition
The February 2018 LSAT administration marks the sixth in a row that has seen an increase in the number of test takers. This time, 24,335 people (+13.7 percent) took the exam, according to the LSAC....
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Readi- Wait, What The-
I patiently waited for the LSAC to update its Web site so I could report on the start of the 2018-19 LSAT-administration year. And I waited. Then I waited. Then I saw that the LSAC’s Web site was...
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: September 2018 Edition
It appears the LSAC backed down after I—and my very powerful allies—intimidated it into publishing its test-taker-volume information. Now I can discuss the number of test takers since last summer...
View ArticleLSAT Tea-Leaf Reading: June 2019 Edition
Ahoy, readers! I bring good news: Now that we’ve endured a full year under the LSAC’s new regime of six LSAT administrations per year, I can now return to regular LSAT-tea-leaf-reading reporting!...
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