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What's New About The New Normal: The Evolving Market For New Lawyers In The 21st Century, Bernard A. Burk
What's New About The New Normal: The Evolving Market For New Lawyers In The 21st Century, Bernard A. Burk
Florida State University Law Review
Everyone agrees that job prospects for many new law graduates have been poor for the last several years; there is rather less consensus on whether, when, how, or why that may change as the economy recovers from the Great Recession. This Article analyzes historical and current trends in the job market for new lawyers in an effort to predict how that market may evolve.
The Article derives quantitative measurements of the proportion of law graduates over the last thirty years who have obtained initial employment for which law school serves as rational substantive preparation (“Law Jobs”). In comparing entry-level hiring …