http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNL ... e_going_up
Why? Straight from the horse's mouth:
"It is now time for us to correct our fees in light of new volume realities, and to align them more closely with the true value of those services to law schools and their applicants," Bernstine wrote. "We sincerely hope that this will be the only correction to our candidate-fee levels, and that the 'new normal' will identify itself in the next couple of years."