Just saw this over at TaxProf: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects there will be 74,000 new lawyer jobs this decade, while American law schools will produce more than 400,000 graduates. “It’s not clear to me there’s an oversupply problem at all.” So says Lawrence Mitchell, Law School Dean at Case Western, and [...]
The Alabama State Bar just released the following report: Thirty-four percent of Fall 2011 new admittees who responded to a survey conducted by the Alabama State Bar indicated they graduated from law school with educational debt in the range of $100,000 to $180,000. Every year, law students embark on a three-year course of study that [...]
If you’re a soon-to-graduate law student or a freshly-minted lawyer, here are some numbers to keep in mind, courtesy of Businessweek and CalculatedRisk:
Keith writes and speaks on Professional Development, Law, Technology, and Net Culture. Alabama lawyer. Interests: running, food, martial arts, Classics.
