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Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:45 am
by lovelaw27

Re: Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:04 am
by NYAssociate
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Re: Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:06 am
by Anonymous User
3. Firms don't hire for the present, they hire for the future.

Re: Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:10 am
by radek
Anonymous User wrote:3. Firms don't hire for the present, they hire for the future.
You realize that the future could be WORSE than today, right?

Re: Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:11 am
by Anonymous User
radek wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:3. Firms don't hire for the present, they hire for the future.
You realize that the future could be WORSE than today, right?
You realize that it could be, and will likely be, better, right?

And we're talking about the study linked in the original post, which said we may have reached a bottoming out. Only place to go is up.

Re: Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:13 am
by radek
Anonymous User wrote:
radek wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:3. Firms don't hire for the present, they hire for the future.
You realize that the future could be WORSE than today, right?
You realize that it could be, and will likely be, better, right?

And we're talking about the study linked in the original post, which said we may have reached a bottoming out. Only place to go is up.
EXPLAIN why it's more likely to be better. I am very curious as to why people think we "can only go up" from here. Is it because we have always recovered relatively quickly from recessions in the past? This alone doesn't seem like a great explanation considering the unprecedented nature of this economic downturn. The study said we may have reached a bottom, but I don't understand how this translates into "we're all good from here on out!"

Re: Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:15 am
by NYAssociate
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Re: Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:21 am
by Anonymous User
radek wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
radek wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:3. Firms don't hire for the present, they hire for the future.
You realize that the future could be WORSE than today, right?
You realize that it could be, and will likely be, better, right?

And we're talking about the study linked in the original post, which said we may have reached a bottoming out. Only place to go is up.
EXPLAIN why it's more likely to be better. I am very curious as to why people think we "can only go up" from here. Is it because we have always recovered relatively quickly from recessions in the past? This alone doesn't seem like a great explanation considering the unprecedented nature of this economic downturn.
OP linked a study that was what this thread was about.

Study says we may have reached a bottoming out.

If we're talking about the study, then based on that opinion in the study, things are likely to get better.

Re: Demand for legal services down for first half of 2010

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:23 am
by NYAssociate
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