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LSSSE Insights Blog

First Generation Law Students: Use of Time

May 4, 2016

LSSSE 2014 data show that on a number of dimensions, the amount of time that first generation law students spent with peers and faculty outside of class was significantly less than non-first generation law students.

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LSSSE Annual Results: Higher Debt, Lower Student Satisfaction (Part 2)

March 23, 2016

Respondents who expected to owe more than $120,000 were noticeably less likely to respond favorably to the satisfaction questions. In 2006, 75% of these respondents had favorable views of their law school experiences, compared to the overall rate of 80%. Similar differences were observed in 2011 and 2015.

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LSSSE Annual Results: Higher Debt, Lower Student Satisfaction (Part 1)

March 9, 2016

In each survey year, respondents who expected to owe more than $120,000 were noticeably less likely to respond favorably to the satisfaction questions. In 2006, 75% of these respondents had favorable views of their law school experiences, compared to the overall rate of 80%. Similar differences were observed in 2011 and 2015.

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LSSSE Annual Results: Lower LSAT Score, Higher Debt

February 24, 2016

For each LSAT grouping, the proportion of respondents who expected to owe more than $120,000 was higher in 2015 than in 2006. But the intensity of these increases was greater for respondents with LSAT scores of 155 or below.

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LSSSE Annual Results: Black and Latino Respondents Expected The Most Debt

February 10, 2016

In 2006, there were only marginal racial and ethnic differences in expectations of more than $100,000 in debt. In 2015, however, intense disparities were observed, with 61% of black respondents and 56% of Latino respondents expecting debt at this level, compared to about 40% of white and Asian respondents.

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LSSSE Annual Results: Large Tuition Increases at Public Law Schools

January 28, 2016

In 2006, 38% of private school respondents expected to owe more than $100,000; in 2011 and 2015, that proportion exceeded 50%. While high-debt expectations were lower among respondents attending public law schools, the increases over the survey years were more dramatic.

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LSSSE Annual Results: Ten Years of (Ever-rising) Law Student Debt

January 14, 2016

In 2006, 32% of respondents expected to incur more than $100,000 in debt during their law school matriculation. By 2011, that proportion had increased to 44%, a level at which it remained in 2015. The differences in expected debt were particularly acute at the highest level—more than $120,000. Roughly 30% of respondents in both 2011 and 2015 expected debt above $120,000, compared to 16% in 2006.

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