Law school applications continue to slide

The number of people applying to U.S. law schools dropped nationwide for the third year in a row, prompting some law schools to slash the size of their entering classes. As of May 17, about 55,760 people had applied to American Bar Association-accredited law schools for the 2013-14 school year -- down 13.4 percent from 2012, according to data compiled by the Law School Admission Council.