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Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:09 am to yellowfin
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Should have went to trade school to be a welder
Or a plant operator.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:09 am to TejasHorn
I don't know how true the stat was, but I was watching The Devil's Advocate last night and there's a scene where Al Pacino says there are more students in law school than there were active lawyers at the time. That was 1997, so it seems like we were headed for an oversupply if the stat was true.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:10 am to TejasHorn
With the combined over-saturation of the legal market, declining wages, sky-high tuition, opportunities in other fields, and low bar passage rates, law school just isn't that attractive these days. I really wanted to go to law school and got a great scholarship offer, but I just couldn't stand to afford to spend 3-4 years of my income potential on something with such dubious potential returns when I had a job offer out of school for close to what new employed lawyers make coming out of law school. I just couldn't justify it, logically. I would like to some day get that law degree, though.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:13 am to TejasHorn
Couldn't have happened to a nicer group of professionals
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:17 am to tiger1014
Everyone dumps on lawyers till they need one.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:19 am to UpToPar
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There are still jobs for those at the top of their class
Yup.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:20 am to TigerinATL
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I don't know how true the stat was, but I was watching The Devil's Advocate last night and there's a scene where Al Pacino says there are more students in law school than there were active lawyers at the time.
That seems wildly wrong. According to this 45,000 law students graduate every year. LINK / Times 3, about 150,000 law students.
According to this there are over 1.2 million lawyers in the US.
(Although not all licensed JDs are actually working as lawyers.) LINK So Al was way off. But what do you expect from the prince of lies.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:23 am to Dizz
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Everyone dumps on lawyers till they need one.
then they really start to hate them
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:25 am to hardhead
True. 
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:25 am to Cole Beer
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Cole Beer
Abolishing all lawyers must be done by 2015.
It's obvious that you have down syndrome
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:27 am to TejasHorn
A good friend of mine got his Chemical Engineering degree then after about 10 years in the industry went to Law School at night with the Univ. Of Houston. He was married with 3 kids and was working full time. He got through it, but ended up staying in his Engineering field because the law opportunities were just not as lucrative. He is doing well with a big oil company but would tell you he wasted lots of time and effort getting a degree he never used.
This post was edited on 7/15/14 at 9:29 am
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:28 am to Cold Cous Cous
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So Al was way off. But what do you expect from the prince of lies.
you know he was just reading from a script in a movie right
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:28 am to Lake Vegas Tiger
Lawyers are basically secretary/salesmen hybrids.
I'd rather just be shot in the dick with buckshot.
I'd rather just be shot in the dick with buckshot.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:29 am to UpToPar
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There are still jobs for those at the top of their class,
Groundbreaking post!
This country could use about a 90% drop in the lawyer population if you ask me. I'd also like to see a law that prevents lawyers from running for public office aside from DA.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:30 am to BRgetthenet
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Lawyers are basically secretary/salesmen hybrids.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:30 am to Feral
quote:Funny but true
I have about 10 fraternity brothers who went to law school and graduated, and I wouldn't trust about 8 of them to watch my dog for a day.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:33 am to BRgetthenet
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Lawyers are basically secretary/salesmen hybrids
hardly any salesman content. too much secretary.
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I'd rather just be shot in the dick with buckshot
i think there is a CLE on that next month. Can i get back to you with a proposal?
well, shite, there is a salesman aspect.
never mind
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:33 am to TejasHorn
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Back in 2008, associates at big firms made $125,000 straight out of school. But by last year, that had dropped to $95,000.
I don't think this part is true at all. If you are comparing apples to apples, those big firms are paying more than ever to new associates. They may be hiring less first year associates but that is a different point. The first year associates they do hire are starting at a higher salary than they were in 2008.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 9:34 am to RupertPupkin
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I don't understand this board's obsession with the legal job market when none of you are actually in it?
everyone here should have went to school to become an engineer!!11
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