May 27, 2021 at 4:20 PM Shares0 For a while now, Above the Law has been telling you that law school is increasingly popular. Whether it’s the whole end-of-the-rule-of-law thing or folks are inspired by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg or that academia is a place to wait out the COVID economic downturn, we are in the midst of the most competitive law school application cycle in a good long while. Some law schools responded to the glut of quality applications with strict deposit guidelines, while other took a more wait-and-see approach. Well, the result is that multiple elite law schools are overenrolled. According to a Reddit thread, Boston College has already fessed up to incoming students about their swollen class — we are talking by 100+ students. And they’re sounding the alarm bell that this could have a big impact on post-graduation job prospects.