The New York City Bar Association has conscripted law-school deans, legal aid directors, in-house counsel and law-firm partners into a search for a solution to a job market in which only 55% of the class of 2011 had found full-time positions requiring a law degree nine months after graduating.
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1 comment:
I think it's horrifying for 2 reasons.
1) This economy is so bad that people with law degrees cannot find jobs.
2)It is entirely possible that combined with this, we have a situation where young people leaving college have no job-hunting or networking skills. Colleges seem to be stuck in the "teaching a battery of skills" rut, as opposed to having real career centers that teach these graduates, most in their 20s, how to build a lifetime network.
CJG
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