Is it easy to get a job?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Assuming I graduate from a T14 law school, will I be able to get a good job considering the economic downturn for lawyers, or is it too risky to go into law at all?</p>

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<p>Do you live under a rock?</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about the sarcasm. The vast majority of T14 graduates are still getting good law jobs when they graduate. There is still risk involved. Not everyone is getting the job they want. And, it’s riskier the further down the T14 scale you go. The competition is fierce and nothing will be given to you just because you happen to graduate from one of these schools. You’ve got to work hard and earn it. Nevertheless, it is certainly true that most T14 graduates are doing fine ITE. T6, of course, is doing the best. I will add they are doing infinitely better than their former classmates who are doing graduate programs in education or sociology or who are still looking for some kind of meaningful job with only an UG degree.</p>

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<p>HYS - don’t worry too much about taking on 220K of debt</p>

<p>CCN - worry a little, but you’ll be fine if you don’t screw up too badly</p>

<p>the rest of T14 (+ Texas, USC, and UCLA, if you want to practice in TX or LA respectively) - I would not go without a scholarship of at least 25-30K/year.</p>

<p>any other school - I would not go unless it’s a school located where you want to practice AND a scholarship is covering at least tuition if not living costs.</p>

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<p>The vast majority of T14 grads aren’t doing fine. You would be amazed at how many of them are working as hourly temps in NYC. Perhaps in othe areas they are doing fine, but not in the big cities.</p>

<p>One of the biggest law firms in the world is currently in its death throes and there will be hundreds of lawyers and summer associates unemployed in various cities.</p>

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<p>Zoosermom is absolutely correct. The ramifications of this impending firm implosion will be felt far and wide, with negative consequences for the hundreds and hundreds of attorneys working there who have massive student loans to pay, summer associates who thought they had a job lined up for this summer, and former summer associates who thought that they had a permanent job to walk into this autumn. The last time that a large law firm collapsed, the ripples were felt by practicing law firm lawyers and law firm hopefuls for years.</p>