Anyone who has read my blog posts or asked my advice about law school has heard my pitch: it’s better for one’s prospects to get high grades than to go to a high-ranked school. A recent study shows I didn’t make this up. As reported in the WSJ Law Blog article “New Study: Forget the [...]
Lowlights from the National Association for Law Placement’s May 2010 employment report on 2009 law-school graduates: The NALP “report is based on information submitted by 192 ABA-accredited law schools on 96% of the graduates in the Class of 2009″ 88% were employed This includes graduates whose employment start dates were deferred beyond 1 December 2009 [...]
Another post, courtesy of AmLaw Daily, that doesn’t require reading past the first sentence: Summer Hiring Survey: 44 Percent Down in 2010. Some of the details: Skadden, Arps: 2009 — 223 summer associates; 2010 — 79 summer associates Cravath, Swaine & Moore: 2009 — 123 summer associates; 2010 — 23 summer associates Ropes & Gray: [...]
Hope drives rise in law school applications Despite grim job statistics in nearly every corner of the legal world, law school applications increased by 7% over last year. National Law Journal, 12 July 2010 Why? “I’m obviously about to take on a lot of debt. I’m hoping by the time I get out of law [...]
Here are two recent articles—or more accurately blurbs–of interest to prospective law students, sent my way by a current law student. Survey: Most Pre-Law Students Confident re Own Prospects, But Dubious About Others reports on the results of a Kaplan Test Prep study of 330 pre-law students: “52 percent are ‘very confident’ of finding a [...]
A headline that hardly needs a story attached: US News Warns of Tough Times for Law Grads; Expert Says ‘It’s Just Like the Lottery.’ This ain’t news but since it comes from Rankings Mania Central it will have legs. Jobs are down, tuition is up, loans are harder to repay. Among the grim tidbits: According [...]
A few readers have said that I am too negative about pursuing legal careers. I don’t think I am–I urge wannabe law students to do due diligence and assess their job prospects with brutal honesty–but for the sake of argument let’s say I consistently discourage law school attendance. I still have nothing on these blogs: [...]