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Could Law School Be the Worst Higher Education Investment?
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | November 11, 2020 | George Leef

Posted on 11/11/2020 5:19:13 AM PST by karpov

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To: ealgeone

That attorney must be working for a good firm.

Some of the people at the top end of my field (Programmers) are pulling in around 300K (Banking System, they really earn it because of the hours they work). The average for my level (10 to 20 years) is making 100K to 200K depending on what language and business sector. On the West coast, that level would earn 200K to 300K.


21 posted on 11/11/2020 7:12:09 AM PST by DEPcom
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

“It’s all how much justice you can pay for”

Same for my cousin who quit after working three years working in a DA office. He is happier doing accounting stuff.


22 posted on 11/11/2020 7:14:09 AM PST by DEPcom
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To: karpov

Yes...I have a niece who is proof. Lately it’s like she’s part of a cult. She said a few days ago...”the election is not being stolen.”


23 posted on 11/11/2020 7:21:51 AM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: tellw

Numbers. But, I should have included another 10 years. Graduates during the twenty year period from 1995-2015 were pinched the most.

First year law school enrollment:
1965-66: 24,167
1970-71: 34,289
1975-76: 39,074
1980-81: 42,521
1985-86: 40,796
1990-91: 44,050
1995-96: 43,676
2000-01: 43,518
2005-06: 48,132
2010-11: 52,488
2015-16: 37,058
2019-20: 38,283

The profession will be shedding thousands of lawyers per year over the next decade. That will open opportunity for the new graduates.

Women law school graduates (now 50%) also have an interesting impact. An American Bar Association study found that 10% of women law school graduates were not working in the profession 7 years after graduation and another 14% were working part-time. Male graduates showed 1% not working and 2% part time. So, the effective size of new law school graduating classes may be about 10% less than it appears.


24 posted on 11/11/2020 8:16:57 AM PST by Kaisersrsic
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To: Kaisersrsic

Wow, thanks for the explanation. I actually did consider law school in my mid 20s, which would have had me entering the profession around 1998-2000 with a lot of debt.


25 posted on 11/11/2020 9:28:56 AM PST by tellw (ed)
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