Sentences with phrase «law school enrollment»

But chances are we will soon see how the drop in law school enrollment will affect the total number of lawyers.

It is a significant achievement that women have caught up in terms of law school enrollment — for the second year in a row.

From 2000 - 2010, law school enrollment went up by 22,000.

It certainly will not help law school enrollment numbers, address graduate student debt, or attract the best and brightest to the profession.

Based on previous and current law school enrollment statistics, it is highly unlikely that increases of this magnitude will occur.

These are trying times: it's hard to avoid reading about diminishing law school enrollment, the difficulty of graduates landing jobs with firms, and the alleged decline in legal profession prestige.

I don't know about positive energy, but decreasing law school enrollment given the very tight labour market would be a start.

«And if the purpose of law is not to make lawyers wealthy» Oh, there goes the drop in law school enrollment.

In order to allocate LRAP funds most effectively assistance is limited to an amount that does not exceed the total amount borrowed in federal loans for law school enrollment, plus interest that accrues over the period of LRAP eligibility.

It seems you can't go a day without reading about how law school enrollment is plummeting, big law firms are imploding, lawyers are flaming out faster than 4th of July -LSB-...]

But you don't have to be a young practitioner to appreciate his mind, which also ponders questions like the legality of «murderbots» and Pokemon Go's legal pitfalls as well as crunches numbers to report on law school enrollment trends.

Given the economic reality of diminished corporate spending on legal services since 2008 and the increase in law school enrollment by universities before and since then, the rest will not, and there are more - many more - students left behind than there used to be.

The Washington Post published an article outlining the continuing problem with high law school enrollment and low legal career options.

Even as law school enrollment was peaking in 2010 — reaching 52,488, according to American Bar Association figures — those who were graduating were not receiving job offers from firms where they were interning.

Ohio State University law professor Deborah Merritt's blog takes the crises in legal education and the legal profession head - on — declining law school enrollment, heavy debt loads for law school graduates, fewer lawyer jobs — and explores what the legal academy can be doing about it.

If the business case for hiring articling students can no longer be justified by many law firms, in these difficult economic times, then law school enrollments should be adjusted accordingly.

Law school enrollment keeps on dropping like a stone as well.

It seems you can't go a day without reading about how law school enrollment is plummeting, big law firms are imploding, lawyers are flaming out faster than 4th of July fireworks, and the profession, once regarded as something to aspire to, now ranks, in the public's imagination, somewhere between human bug - eater and professional sociopath in terms of status.

But with women laying claim to a progressively larger percentage of the legal workforce (36 percent in 2016, compared to 28 percent in 2000), and with women set to outnumber men in law school enrollment for the first time, we wanted to ensure that we had appropriate representation in our post.

The main point is that while a slow job market has meant rising demand for education in the past, today's law school enrollment has fallen off along with the rise in unemployment numbers.

People of color are still underrepresented in law school enrollment and their numbers are increasing incredibly slowly.

For example, the ABA reports that women comprise 50 % of the law school enrollment, but only 21 % of law firm partners — and those partners are only earning 80 % of what their male counterparts bring home.

For example, law school enrollment has decreased by 30 % compared with incoming classes from four years ago.

... Verna Milner «And if the purpose of law is not to make lawyers wealthy» Oh, there goes the drop in law school enrollment.

Just because a law school can succeed at filling seats with such a program, and might survive any downturns in law school enrollment itself as a result, that does not mean it ought to do it.

University of St. Thomas law prof Jerry Organ takes the time to crunch the numbers on Law School Admissions Test scores, law school enrollment and even American Bar Association employment numbers, identifying important trends.

The main point is that while a slow job market has meant rising demand for education in the past, today's law school enrollment has fallen off along with the rise in unemployment numbers... [more]

While it is understood that law school enrollment is beyond the regulatory powers of the LSUC, students believe this issue must be revisited.

Law school enrollment is a shadow of its former volume, and schools are forced either to severely reduce their class sizes, merge with other faculties, or, in many cases, simply close their doors.

As a result, law school enrollments will continue to decline.