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Law School Applications Are Collapsing (As They Should Be) - Business...<br />

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/<strong>2013</strong>/01/law-school-applicatio...<br />

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lawyers needed for litigation. The industry is looking at a period of consolidation.<br />

Changing what law students are taught won't help. The only answer is to graduate fewer lawyers, and<br />

cut the price of an education that is swiftly becoming a less valuable asset. That means fewer law<br />

schools, with fewer dollars flowing into them.<br />

Things are about to get really ugly for the legal academy. As they should.<br />

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*Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that around two thirds of recent JD recipients<br />

were employed in full-time jobs that required a law degree. That, unfortunately, was a bit overly<br />

optimistic. In fact, NALP's table states that around 65 percent merely have jobs that require bar<br />

passage, which may mean part-time work as contract attorneys, who often earn around $25 an hour. I<br />

regret failing to convey the severity of the situation.<br />

This article available online at:<br />

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/<strong>2013</strong>/01/law-school-applications-are-collapsingas-they-should-be/272729/<br />

Copyright © <strong>2013</strong> by The Atlantic Monthly Group. All Rights Reserved.

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