The numbers also represent a 24 per cent fall on three years ago. Schools have taken numerous measures to keep within budget on the lower revenue - by freezing pay, for instance, cuts lecturer and administrator numbers and even by arranging faculty buyouts. 

Top of the pool

However, Harvard Law School’s applications are markedly higher this year than the year before. Jessica Soban, Harvard’s assistant dean, said: ‘The turn-around at the top of the pool shows that people who are serious about law school are coming back.’ Source: ABA