An antitrust class action was filed against the Law School Admission Council, accusing it of exploiting its monopoly on law school applications. In 2025, over 60,000 law students submitted more than 500,000 applications, often paying significant fees. Applicants must first pay LSAC a $215 subscription fee and a $45 report fee, totaling over $600 for applying to 10 schools. Critics argue this cost is excessive for a service perceived as merely facilitating the application process akin to an email forward.
In 2025, more than 60,000 aspiring law students submitted more than 500,000 applications to law schools. Most paid application fees to schools that cost up to $105 per school.
Before the student even gets to the $105 for the school, they have to shell out a $215 mandatory subscription fee and a $45 per report fee to LSAC.
For a typical applicant applying to 10 schools, that's over $600 straight to LSAC, before a single admissions dean has the chance to passive-aggressively reject you.
$600 feels extreme for a glorified 'forward email' button. In fact, undergraduate admissions run on a similar clearinghouse system.
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