Colorado Law sees largest number of applicants in its history

While some law schools are seeing double-digit drops in applications, Colorado Law is bucking the trend and enjoying the highest number of applicants in its history.

As of March 15, Colorado Law had 3,160 applications for its three-year, full-time program. The incoming fall class of approximately 180 students will be comprised of these applicants. This is up 12.7 percent from last year. According to an online story in the April 1 ABA Journal, the average drop in law school applicants nationwide is about 11.5 percent. At Yale Law School, the nation's No. 1 ranked law school, applications were down 16.5 percent at its March 1 deadline, according to the Yale Daily News.

"Our faculty continues to focus on a quality educational experience that combines theory and practice," said Dean David Getches. "When you combine that type of education with our student-teacher ratio and our relatively low costs, there is a great value in our education. We believe that is what prospective students are seeing when they choose to apply here."

According to the ABA article, two other law schools reporting drops in applicants are Duke, down 20 percent, and the University of Chicago, down 12 percent.

"Colorado Law has an excellent reputation among lawyers, judges and our academic peers," said Kristine Jackson, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid. "In the Feb. 14 issue of The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell ranked Colorado Law School in the top 10 when cost was factored into the equation, along with student-faculty ratio, LSAT scores at the seventy-fifth percentile and faculty publishing.

"We couldn't be more thrilled because with a larger pool of applicants, we see our median LSAT rise, as well as our median GPA, and our ability to attract visiting professors, etc. These things all combine to make further resources available to our students, which is our ultimate goal: providing a top-notch education."