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The Number Of Aspiring Law Professors Falls -17% From 2021, -59% From 2020; The Lowest Since At Least 1992

Paul Caron

Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern), Number of FAR Forms in First Distribution Over Time – 2022:

Lawsky

Brian Leiter (Chicago), The First FAR Is Out …:

This is an all-time low since I've been in law teaching (1993). … In the 1990s, it was not uncommon for there to be 1,000 applicants in the first FAR.

Update:  ABA Journal, Fewer People Are Interested in Becoming Law Professors, New Data Shows

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Paul Caron
Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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