Tennessee is seeing a significant increase in law school applications, with numbers up 22% from this time last year, outpacing the national trend of 19%.
Bill Koch, the president and dean of Nashville School of Law since 2014, noted that interest in law degrees has increased in recent years due to multiple factors, including the job market, social climate, and uncertainty around student loans.
“Many persons graduating from college will think law school is a place I can tread water for 3 years and earn another degree to make me more desirable, and things will have settled down. It’s kind of a port in the storm,” said Koch…