At Seton Hall, the average class size of incoming students has steadily shrunk in recent years.

TaxProf Blog reports.

After 58% Decline In Enrollment, Seton Hall Law School Adapts To New Market

As fewer people enroll in law school, institutions across the country have been forced to adapt to a legal marketplace hurt by fewer jobs, outsourcing and the impact of the Internet.

Seton Hall and Rutgers University law schools, like many of those elsewhere, have reduced the number of students they admit, offered larger scholarships or grants, and readjusted their programs so students are better-prepared for the competitive and evolving job market. …

At Seton Hall, the average class size of incoming students has steadily shrunk in recent years. In 2010, the Seton Hall law program peaked with an incoming class of 360 students. The next year, the school enrolled only 271. By 2013, the acceleration of class size reduction, which was averaging about 70 students less each year, had slowed. The school’s most recent incoming class totaled 152 students, 17 students fewer than in 2014.