http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ ... =most_read
I was amazed at how much older, on average, lawyers are not than a couple decades ago. The article doesn't say this, but it seems to me that given the number of law grads the likely explanation seems to be that people who graduated in a better economy had the ability to practice and get experience for 5-10+ years, and its very tough for any recent law grad to take the position of one of these people because of the experience differential.
I'd be very interested in anyone's thoughts on this trend.
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Re: Demographics of lawyers: older and grayer
Sure it does (although it requires CR):The article doesn't say this,
Arguably, the simplest explanation for these patterns is that it has gotten much harder over time to parlay a JD degree into paid employment as a licensed lawyer,” Henderson says. “So, faced with a saturated legal market, law school graduates have been pursuing careers outside of law.”
