how's the job market?

[Jack Smirks]

RedGreen, you can be whatever you want man. Follow your dreams.

[Noval]

wow thanks for the smart ass comments guys. well if anybody knows the conditions now that would be cool.

Terrible. Too many lawyers. If you want corporate law you need to go to a top school (top 10-ish).

Probably won't be dramatically better in 10 years. Law as a field is expected to grow slowly.

You're going to be applying to college soon, so this isn't really that bad a time to think about it. I'll go against the grain and say that there would be a lot fewer people in law school if they had thought hard about what they wanted to do and what kind of skills they had while still in high school. The "you can be whatever you want!" stuff white people are all about is bullshit. Study hard on your SATs, get into a good college, and major in something where you can get a job.

If you still want to pursue law your junior year of college and can get an LSAT score that will get you into a top school, then go for it.

Go ask that to the goddamn government, which keeps opening new law schools regardless of the demand growth...

Now they are doing the same with Medicine ( Approx 20 Med Schools under construction or in project.)...Many Medical Students will graduate and will go unmatched for Residency just because of the over-supply, like it happened in Australia.

[bk1]

Go ask that to the goddamn government, which keeps opening new law schools regardless of the demand growth...

lolwut

[maxm2764]

i currently live in canada

This makes the stupidity of this thread understandable.

[gwuorbust]

by 2020 either:

a) Anarchy Scenario. our economy has slid into a complete Detroit-esk status cause nobody has jobs and there is a rampant corruption, poverty, and social collapse. being a lawyer isn't your concern; not getting shot is. probability: 10%.

b) Stalling Scenario. the economy is just as it is right now but 10 years later. we have gained many new high-tech industries, however, we have also lost a ton more jobs to China. demand for lawyers is the same but law schools have pumped out 100k law students a year in excess of demand for 10 year.. can you say supply imbalance? probability: 70%.

c) Bubble Scenario. Mitt Romney is elected in 2012, brings back the US economy and by 2017 finance finds the newest investment that will lead to returns without risk!!! you enter law school just as it is peaking at 2020. Models and bottles from Cooley!!!! because of increased deregulation by the GOP, however, there is now nothing standing in the way of the free-fall. good luck finding a job while the US bonds are defaulting. probability: 29%.

d) Zombie Scenario. Google has moved into bioengineering and make the super cure. every disease ever has been cured! oops, it make ppl in the living dead. you are running for your life trying not to be eaten. while living in the woods you stumble into the decrepit Cornell Law campus. it is still a shit-hole. probability: 1%

[Veyron]

by 2020 either:

a) Anarchy Scenario. our economy has slid into a complete Detroit-esk status cause nobody has jobs and there is a rampant corruption, poverty, and social collapse. being a lawyer isn't your concern; not getting shot is. probability: 10%.

b) Stalling Scenario. the economy is just as it is right now but 10 years later. we have gained many new high-tech industries, however, we have also lost a ton more jobs to China. demand for lawyers is the same but law schools have pumped out 100k law students a year in excess of demand for 10 year.. can you say supply imbalance? probability: 70%.

c) Bubble Scenario. Mitt Romney is elected in 2012, brings back the US economy and by 2017 finance finds the newest investment that will lead to returns without risk!!! you enter law school just as it is peaking at 2020. Models and bottles from Cooley!!!! because of increased deregulation by the GOP, however, there is now nothing standing in the way of the free-fall. good luck finding a job while the US bonds are defaulting. probability: 29%.

d) Zombie Scenario. Google has moved into bioengineering and make the super cure. every disease ever has been cured! oops, it make ppl in the living dead. you are running for your life trying not to be eaten. while living in the woods you stumble into the decrepit Cornell Law campus. it is still a shit-hole. probability: 1%

I laughed, I cried!

[bigben]

RedGreen, you can be whatever you want man. Follow your dreams.

^White liberal

[Grizz]

by 2020 either:

a) Anarchy Scenario. our economy has slid into a complete Detroit-esk status cause nobody has jobs and there is a rampant corruption, poverty, and social collapse. being a lawyer isn't your concern; not getting shot is. probability: 10%.

b) Stalling Scenario. the economy is just as it is right now but 10 years later. we have gained many new high-tech industries, however, we have also lost a ton more jobs to China. demand for lawyers is the same but law schools have pumped out 100k law students a year in excess of demand for 10 year.. can you say supply imbalance? probability: 70%.

c) Bubble Scenario. Mitt Romney is elected in 2012, brings back the US economy and by 2017 finance finds the newest investment that will lead to returns without risk!!! you enter law school just as it is peaking at 2020. Models and bottles from Cooley!!!! because of increased deregulation by the GOP, however, there is now nothing standing in the way of the free-fall. good luck finding a job while the US bonds are defaulting. probability: 29%.

d) Zombie Scenario. Google has moved into bioengineering and make the super cure. every disease ever has been cured! oops, it make ppl in the living dead. you are running for your life trying not to be eaten. while living in the woods you stumble into the decrepit Cornell Law campus. it is still a shit-hole. probability: 1%

<3 you GW

[Bumi]

Go ask that to the goddamn government, which keeps opening new law schools regardless of the demand growth...

Law firms aren't the customers of law schools, students are. And there is plenty of demand from them, apparently through 2020 at least.

[sophia.olive]

by 2020 either:

a) Anarchy Scenario. our economy has slid into a complete Detroit-esk status cause nobody has jobs and there is a rampant corruption, poverty, and social collapse. being a lawyer isn't your concern; not getting shot is. probability: 10%.

b) Stalling Scenario. the economy is just as it is right now but 10 years later. we have gained many new high-tech industries, however, we have also lost a ton more jobs to China. demand for lawyers is the same but law schools have pumped out 100k law students a year in excess of demand for 10 year.. can you say supply imbalance? probability: 70%.

c) Bubble Scenario. Mitt Romney is elected in 2012, brings back the US economy and by 2017 finance finds the newest investment that will lead to returns without risk!!! you enter law school just as it is peaking at 2020. Models and bottles from Cooley!!!! because of increased deregulation by the GOP, however, there is now nothing standing in the way of the free-fall. good luck finding a job while the US bonds are defaulting. probability: 29%.

d) Zombie Scenario. Google has moved into bioengineering and make the super cure. every disease ever has been cured! oops, it make ppl in the living dead. you are running for your life trying not to be eaten. while living in the woods you stumble into the decrepit Cornell Law campus. it is still a shit-hole. probability: 1%

+110%

[TTH]

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[ogurty]

Ummm, can a mod move this to the TLS Class of 2020 forum? It's clogging my chi