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You’re A Lawyer, Now What?

The marketing world calls recognitions, awards, and honors third-party validations. These achievements can be very valuable marketing tools for lawyers and if used correctly help you stand out in an increasingly competitive legal market. Further, these achievements mean that much…

Class of 2010 Ushered In Law Schools’ Lost Generation

From New York Times Jonathan Wang has not practiced law since he graduated from Columbia Law School in 2010, but he did not plan it that way. When he entered law school, the economy was flourishing, and he had every…

The Legal Bubble Can’t Pop Soon Enough

Article from Boston Globe IS AMERICA’S lawyer bubble getting ready to pop? Critics have long bewailed our national glut of lawyers, to little effect. Chief Justice Warren Burger predicted 35 years ago that America was turning into “a society overrun…

Lawyers By Capita Per State

Article from The Law Tuition Bible Many readers find their way to the Law School Tuition Bubble by searching for the “number of attorneys per capita by state” and discover research I did way back in the summer of 2010.…

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A Simple Solution To The Lawyer Glut

– Article from Forbes.com John A. Byrne runs the very good (and clever) TippingTheScales website devoted to law schools. He asked me, a proud member of the Rutgers University Law School Class of ’83, what I thought about the lawyer…

America Has Way Too Many Lawyers, And The Bubble Is Growing

– Article from Business Insider In June, the legal services sector lost more than 3,000 jobs. According to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the sector has gained only 1,000 net jobs since June 2012. In the last two…