Many would-be attorneys may reveal that one of the perks they were looking forward to in law school was the absence of an accounting requirement, a statistics course, and the calculus they had to contend with in high school and college. That’s fine. Law involves logic, which is arguably a kind of verbal math.
But law people, let’s not abandon our basic arithmetic after calculating a GPA according to LSAC standards.
In a recent post, the ABA cites statistics showing that law school applications for 2010 Fall have increased 3%. All fine and dandy with that except the numbers also reveal that law firm jobs with the country’s 250 largest firms fell 4% last year.
Do our latest law school applicants need a mobile app to show them that job prospects are in no way guaranteed. Or, do they know something we don’t…Why are more people attending law school now than ever before?
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