The Pandemic Was The 'Perfect Storm' For People To Apply To Law School - Above the Law

You had George Floyd; an economy that looked shaky at best; a presidential election like no other; RBG dying; and January 6. Add all those things up—it all felt like law was where the action was.

— Andrew Cornblatt, dean of admissions at Georgetown University Law Center, commenting on what drove the 2021 law school admissions cycle to become one for the record books, with first-year law school applications surging by 13%, for the biggest annual increase in almost 20 years.

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