Law school bursting with students in recession
Posted
Jul 07 2009, 09:59 AM
by
Kim Peterson
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Law school is an awfully attractive choice in an economic recession. But one school is asking its students to think very carefully about why they want to join the legal profession.
The University of Miami School of Law says an unprecedented percentage of students who were accepted are agreeing to attend. The enrollment rate will be too high, so the school wants some students to defer their admission until next year, according to the Above the Law blog.
In a letter sent to students, Dean Patricia White worries that this new student enthusiasm is related to the shortage of jobs out there. (Uh, Dean? The answer is yes.) If you're looking to law school as a way to hide from the recession, you need to think hard about your plans, White writes to students.
"Law school requires an enormous investment of work, energy, time, and money. It is very demanding intellectually and emotionally. Beyond this, in these uncertain and challenging times the nature of the legal profession is in great flux. It is very difficult to predict what the employment landscape for young lawyers will be in May 2012 and thereafter."
Wait a minute, you mean the job market for lawyers is a mess as well? What is the world coming to?
To entice students to wait a year, the school is dangling the potential for more scholarships.
