ANALYSIS: Sobering Data? Survey Finds Less Law School Drinking

Law students today are drinking less alcohol than law students in the past—at least at those events hosted by law schools, according to Bloomberg Law’s second Law School Preparedness survey. The data suggest that there are two factors driving this trend: Fewer law school events offer alcohol and current law students may be choosing to drink less when they do attend an event serving alcohol than practicing attorneys did as students.

The survey asked 994 law students and 896 practicing attorneys how often their law schools served alcohol at law school sponsored social or networking events. The responses from these ...