Funding inequities, which allow some districts to have state of the art facilities and programs, complete with new computers for all students, quality free athletic programs, and comparatively high teacher
salaries, while other districts are forced to
cut teachers, increase class sizes,
institute pay - to - play athletics, and do away with busing and art programs, need to be addressed.
Law firms responded to the economic downturn by laying off lawyers and administrative staff,
cutting salaries,
instituting hiring freezes, reducing and in some instances (temporarily) abolishing their summer associate programs — which also resulted in staggering unemployment numbers for law school graduates.