NY Daily News: “After spending a year looking for a job, an out-of-work lawyer dusted off her resume and added a new profession: housekeeper. . . . Alice Lingo posted 30 flyers . . . that say she’ll tidy up apartments for a price and asks, ‘Haven’t you always wanted to see a [...]
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I hate to hear these stories, which unfortunately are too common during these difficult economic times. A 26 year old recent law school graduate is interviewed on CNN about her inability to find a lawyer job despite graduating in the top half of her class, passing the Georgia bar on her first attempt [...] The National Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP) issued a press release about the employment status of the 40,833 2009 law school graduates. “NALP’s Class of 2009 Jobs & JDs report is based on information submitted by 192 ABA-accredited law schools on 96% of the graduates in the Class of 2009. . . [...] Wall St. Journal: “Laid-off Attorneys Search for Work Far Outside Traditional Law Firms. ‘Quite frankly a significant number of lawyers are simply moving out of the profession, just looking to do completely different things,’ says Jerry Kowalski, a law-firm consultant based in New York and Washington, D.C. ‘The overall picture is the huge [...] U.S. News & World Report: “In the midst of one of the gloomiest legal employment climates in history, a top research analyst warns: The worst is yet to come for some law students and recent graduates. Though official statistics will not be released until next May, the class of 2010 is likely to [...] Above the Law: “Is this a ‘terrible job’ or ‘the inevitable future of the legal economy’? Note: those two answers aren’t mutually exclusive. The University of Michigan Law School — the 9th-best law school in America — is now posting job opportunities from India.” The National Association for Law Placement just published a new report called “Class of 2009 Faced New Challenges with Recession: Overall Employment Rate Masks Job Market Weakness.” “a far higher percentage of this class reported employment that was temporary . . . . Overall, nearly 25% of all jobs were reported [...] |
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