| Number of Registrants |
696 |
797 |
1062
|
1504 |
1095 |
787 |
| Number of Participating Law Schools |
126 |
120 |
102
|
116 |
123 |
125* |
| Summary of Registrants |
| Gender |
|
Male
|
37.4% |
44.1% |
40.4%
|
43.6% |
40.5% |
40.6% |
|
Female
|
62.6% |
55.9% |
59.6%
|
56.4% |
59.5% |
59.4% |
| Age |
|
23 or Less
|
36.0% |
44.7% |
37.3% |
38.6% |
44.2% |
40.3% |
|
24-40
|
56.3% |
50.3% |
55.1% |
56.8% |
50.2% |
54.3% |
|
Over 40 Years
|
7.8% |
5.0% |
7.7% |
4.6% |
5.6% |
5.6% |
| Ethnicity |
|
Asian/Pacific Islander
|
15.4% |
18.1% |
22.1%
|
24.6% |
23.2% |
22.0% |
|
Black/African American
|
23.0% |
16.3% |
14.9%
|
9.8% |
10.8% |
11.5% |
|
Caucasian/White
|
39.3% |
45.3% |
40.1%
|
45.7% |
44.0% |
41.7% |
|
Chicano/Mexican American
|
7.6% |
6.2% |
5.9%
|
5.0% |
4.9% |
3.5% |
|
Hispanic
|
5.8% |
4.5% |
7.5%
|
5.6% |
8.0% |
9.8% |
|
Native American
|
2.0% |
1.8% |
1.4%
|
1.1% |
1.1% |
1.4% |
|
Puerto Rican
|
1.4% |
.4% |
.4%
|
.5% |
.7% |
.5% |
|
Canadian Aboriginal
|
.0% |
.1% |
.0%
|
.2% |
0.0% |
.0% |
|
Other
|
5.6% |
7.3% |
7.6%
|
7.5% |
7.2% |
9.5% |
|
Total Minority Attendance
|
60.8% |
54.7% |
59.8%
|
54.3% |
55.9% |
58.3% |
| Student Status28.6% |
| Full-time Student |
31.6% |
31.8% |
22.9%
|
28.0% |
28.6% |
29.4% |
| Part-time Student |
7.8% |
7.5% |
5.6%
|
5.1% |
5.3% |
4.2% |
| Undergraduate Student: Senior |
16.8% |
19.3% |
12.9%
|
- |
- |
- |
| Undergraduate Student: Junior |
5.3% |
5.8% |
3.6%
|
- |
- |
- |
| High School Student |
.7% |
.1% |
.1%
|
- |
- |
- |
| Non-student |
60.6% |
60.7% |
71.5%
|
66.9% |
66.1% |
66.5% |
|
Employment
|
| Full-time |
62.5% |
61.6% |
62.1%
|
56.9% |
56.1% |
57.5% |
| Part-time |
25.2% |
23.1% |
20.8%
|
22.1% |
24.5% |
26.4% |
| Summers Only |
2.1% |
3.7% |
1.8%
|
2.4% |
3.0% |
3.4% |
| Not Employed |
10.2% |
11.7% |
15.3%
|
18.5% |
16.5% |
12.7% |
|
State of Permanent Residence
|
| California |
76.4% |
82.3% |
84.0% |
87.9% |
89.3% |
87.7% |
| Arizona |
.7% |
.5% |
.6% |
.3% |
.3% |
.5% |
| Oregon |
.6% |
.8% |
.8% |
.7% |
.2% |
.8% |
| Nevada |
.7% |
.6% |
.8%
|
1.5% |
.5% |
1.9% |
| Washington |
1.3% |
.9% |
.9%
|
.5% |
.7% |
.8% |
| Considering a Career Change |
| Yes |
46.9% |
46.1% |
51.2%
|
- |
- |
- |
| No |
23.5% |
25.3% |
21.0%
|
- |
- |
- |
| Question Not Applicable |
29.5% |
28.6% |
27.8%
|
- |
- |
- |
| Information Source |
| Law Services Info. Book |
38.8% |
36.9% |
28.2%
|
35.5% |
16.3% |
12.6% |
| City Newspaper |
7.5% |
3.3% |
3.7%
|
1.7% |
2.2% |
2.9% |
| Advisor |
3.6% |
3.5% |
2.4%
|
4.6% |
4.7% |
4.7% |
| Flier |
10.8% |
12.7% |
8.9%
|
11.6% |
5.2% |
3.7% |
| Friend or Family Member |
7.3% |
8.8% |
9.3%
|
9.7% |
8.9% |
11.2% |
| College Newspaper |
1.0% |
.3% |
.8% |
.7% |
.6% |
.4% |
| Prelaw Club |
2.0% |
3.0% |
.8%
|
2.1% |
2.6% |
2.4% |
| Radio Station |
8.2% |
4.3% |
7.3%
|
3.3% |
3.6% |
3.7% |
| World Wide Web |
11.8% |
37.0% |
45.7%
|
40.8% |
60.5% |
57.2% |
|
If Information Source is World Wide Web, What Was the Source?
|
| LSAC Website |
- |
93.0% |
97.3%
|
93.6% |
93.5% |
92.6% |
| Law School Site |
- |
4.4% |
2.2%
|
4.1% |
6.2% |
10.9% |
| Internet Search Engine |
- |
2.9% |
1.3%
|
2.8% |
2.6% |
1.5% |
| Website Banner Advertisement |
- |
.3% |
.4%
|
.7% |
0.0% |
.4% |
| Other Website |
- |
1.2% |
.7%
|
1.9% |
1.7% |
.9% |
|
Distance Traveled
|
| 0-20 Miles |
62.0% |
56.2% |
56.8%
|
57.4% |
52.1% |
50.6% |
| 21-50 Miles |
19.5% |
24.2% |
25.4%
|
21.1% |
24.2% |
27.2% |
| 51-100 Miles |
11.5% |
10.8% |
11.7%
|
12.5% |
14.0% |
11.0% |
| More Than 100 Miles |
7.0% |
8.9% |
6.1%
|
9.0% |
9.7% |
11.2% |
|
Questionnaire Results (10% return currently)
|
|
Time Spent at Forum
|
| Less Than One Hour |
16.0% |
18.8% |
19.0%
|
13.2% |
8.0% |
17.7% |
| 1-2 Hours |
54.7% |
46.3% |
39.2%
|
47.7% |
41.3% |
36.7% |
| 2-3 Hours |
16.7% |
18.8% |
22.4%
|
18.3% |
25.9% |
20.3% |
| 3 or More Hours |
12.7% |
16.2% |
19.4%
|
20.9% |
24.9% |
25.3% |
|
Number of Tables Visited
|
| 1-5 |
21.9% |
23.6% |
1.3%
|
17.7% |
13.6% |
27.5% |
| 6-10 |
43.0% |
42.7% |
31.8%
|
44.3% |
38.9% |
46.3% |
| 11-15 |
24.5% |
23.2% |
41.8%
|
27.0% |
31.8% |
25.0% |
| 16 or More |
10.6% |
10.1% |
19.2%
|
9.7% |
15.7% |
1.3% |
|
Describe Forum
|
| Very Informative |
38.4% |
37.4% |
34.7%
|
24.7% |
29.3% |
33.8% |
| Informative |
58.3% |
58.1% |
61.0%
|
70.6% |
64.9% |
59.7% |
| Not Very Informative |
3.3% |
4.1% |
4.2%
|
4.8% |
5.3% |
6.5% |
|
Information Received From Law Schools
|
| Very Informative |
32.4% |
33.5% |
32.9%
|
18.1% |
23.2% |
32.5% |
| Informative |
61.5% |
58.4% |
57.4%
|
76.3% |
69.7% |
62.5% |
| Not Very Informative |
4.7% |
7.1% |
9.3%
|
5.6% |
6.6% |
3.8% |
|
Considering Schools Not Previously Considered as a Result of the Forum
|
| Yes |
72.2% |
66.9% |
66.4%
|
68.8% |
78.1% |
70.8% |
| No |
27.8% |
33.1% |
33.6%
|
31.2% |
21.9% |
29.2% |
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