UT law school enrollment decline worst in Ohio as slump spooks students - JENNIFER FEEHAN, Toledo Blade

Last week, the University of Toledo, whose law school took the biggest hit in the state this year with a 25.9 percent decline in first-year law students, announced a 13 percent reduction in tuition in an attempt to reverse the trend. UT law school Dean Daniel J. Steinbock said he believes tuition costs, the resulting debt, and the less-than-promising job market for new lawyers have combined to create an overall decline in people interested in law school. “When the crash happened in late 2008, it caused a lot of legal work to dry up, and some of the biggest firms in the country either laid off associates, delayed people they had made job offers to or paid them off to go away, and then they started hiring fewer lawyers or stopped hiring,” Mr. Steinbock said. “This was at some of the biggest firms, and it had a trickle-down effect, especially during that period when there were many more law school graduates than there were decent jobs.” All nine of Ohio’s law schools have seen applications and enrollment drop since law school enrollments peaked in 2010. http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2014/09/21/UT-decline-worst-in-Ohio-as-slump-spooks-students.html