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Costs
The legal education system, and thus lawyers' role in the rule of law, is vulnerable when we price future contributors out of our profession. We need a pipeline of students who want and can afford to join.
Enrollment
Law school enrollment is an important factor in job outcomes in student experience. Responsible enrollment management is critical to maintaining a pipeline of talent to an important profession.
Jobs
While signs point to fewer lawyers working differently in the future, lawyers should remain an essential part of our system of justice and private ordering. Salaries overall lag behind inflation and fewer graduates are obtaining full-time lawyer jobs than just a few years ago, likely because the profession has undergone and continues to undergo immense change.
Transparency
Information greases the wheels of reform. This section tracks ABA enforcement of its accreditation standards, in part a product of LST's advocacy, and voluntary disclosures by law schools.