Impact of Economic Downturn on Legal Profession

April 1, 2009: Adam Cohen from the New York Times writes an editorial arguing that investing in a legal career at this point in time might not be a great idea:

"The employment pains of the legal elite may not elicit a lot of sympathy in the broader context of the recession, but a lot of hard-working lawyers have been blindsided, including young associates who are suddenly finding themselves with six-figure student-loan debts and no source of income."

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