Law School Applications Soar Once Again Thanks To Donald Trump – Above the Law

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I’m listening to way more from individuals who need to defend the setting. They need to defend civil liberties. They need to defend immigrants’ rights. College students who need to battle again are saying, ‘Regulation college is the best way to do it.’

— Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of the College of California Berkeley Faculty of Regulation, in feedback given to Reuters, regarding the dramatic enhance in regulation college candidates throughout Donald Trump’s second presidency. In response to LSAC, candidates surged by 18% since final 12 months, the very best year-over-year enhance since 2002, with greater than 76,000 candidates vying for admission to regulation college.

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