The Business of Legal Education

Sunday 5 Sept 2020

Non-JD and Online Enrollment Snapshot

William Byrnes (Texas A&M)

•500+ non-JD programs @ 151 schools

•143 residency

•65 online

•54 residency + online

How many Non-JD programs?

•19,819 non-JD enrollment

•15% law school enrollment

•500 programs avg. 40

•151 schools 131 avg (125)

All non-JD enrollment

10 big programs

(above 400)

= 6,679 (30%)1,203

568787

811

517

Source:

Prof. Derek T. Muller

(Pepperdine)

Excess of Democracy blog

• 143 schools

• 12,441 resident enrollment

• 87 avg

Non-JD Residential Data

• 20 schools > 200

• 6,005 enrollment (45%)

• 300 avg

• 52 avg for remaining 123

Non-JD Residential Data

• 7,378 online in 65 programs

• 114 enrolled avg

• 10 largest > 271 (= 3,624)

• remainder avg 68

Online Non-JD

413

425

293

575

357

Source:

Prof. Derek T. Muller

(Pepperdine)

Excess of Democracy blog

13

• 33% university students online /

6.3 million

• 4,700 colleges and universities

• 2/3 at public schools

• 56% in state

Who are 2020 JD, LLM, MJ Applicants?

> 20,000

> 226,000 enrolled

150 law firms

> 140,000

> 100,000

150 law firms

> 40,000 20,000 certificates

> 3,000

certifications

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19

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