Theory: The Time Was Never Better to Enroll in Law School
By Karen Sloan, The National Law Journal, April 19, 2014
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Is now the ideal time to enroll in law school? Steven Freedman, assistant dean for admissions at the University of Kansas School of Law, has been making the counterintuitive case that it is.
In a series of posts on the law professor blog The Faculty Lounge, he argues that the relatively small number of people set to graduate with J.D.s in 2017 will mean better job prospects for those who do. In short, the supply of new lawyers will be much more closely aligned with the demand for their services than for the Class of 2013.
Last week, the American Bar Association released figures showing that just 57 percent of 2013 grads had found full-time, long-term jobs that required bar passage within nine months of graduation.
Read original articleTags: American Bar Association, law school, Steven Freedman, University of Kansas School of Law
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