And according to Gerald Stancil, a Johns Hopkins physical chemistry Ph.D. who recently retired from a
teaching career at New Jersey's Orange High School, the benefits and salary earned by a high school teacher with a doctorate compare favorably with median
earnings at colleges and universities — although teacher salaries and reward for advanced degrees vary greatly
in different parts of the country.
Bachelor's degree — holding teachers with at least 17 years on the job would see a decline
in the present value of future
earnings, if we assume a 30 - year
teaching career.
At Southwestern, we have also developed a variety of initiatives.21 One is a vehicle for me as dean to
teach first - year students at the beginning and end of their six - credit legal writing course entitled LAWS (Legal Research, Analysis, Writing, and Skills).22 At the beginning, I present data from the After the J.D. study, which is a longitudinal study following close to 5,000 lawyers admitted to the bar
in the year 2000.23 The project is headquartered at the American Bar Foundation and involves the NALP Foundation among others.24 We have data from three years and seven years and will soon collect a third wave of data.25 I do a PowerPoint presentation that shows our students what difference it makes
in early
careers where one attends law school; what city or region one chooses to begin the
career; what law school grades are received; gender, race and ethnicity effects;
earnings in various settings; and the job satisfaction of people
in different positions.