Ole Miss Law School Softens Blow from Declining Enrollment

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi College of Law is finding ways to deal with enrollment that, nationally, has sunk to record lows.

But unlike many others, Dean Richard Gershon tells a local newspaper the law school took steps years ago to stay ahead of the curve and has so far avoided the faculty layoffs and early retirement incentives others colleges have had to turn to.

First-year enrollment has dropped from 199 in 2010, to 156 in 2012 and just 127 students this year.

At the University of Mississippi, the decrease was intentional. Officials there decided to begin reducing their class sizes at a time when a recovering economy and improving job market began to lure potential students away from law school.

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