The Atlantic bemoans (h/t A.I.) that the decline in law school applications is largest from those with the higher test scores. This is the wrong way to look at it: we as a society want people capable of scoring 170 on the LSAT to do something more socially productive than practicing law. Related.
Feature, not a bug, department
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Rafael Mangual Project Manager, Legal Policy rmangual@manhattan-institute.org |
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