<p>Just to be clear, the ABA artile was discussing only graduates of law school, not graduates of college. I believe that college grads are a lot more likely to go off on some jaunt to China for a year than a law student who has student loan debt to service (in fact, the multitudes of college grads with student loans likely do not have the luxury of a jaunt either). I highly doubt that 10% of law school graduates are unemployed 9 months after graduation because they have chosen not to work at all.</p>
<p>Let me emphasize again, too, that the numbers in that article do not represent the number of law school graduates who are underemployed upon graduation from law school, working as contract and temp attorneys, paralegals and document review clerks. Yes, they are doing legal work but they aren’t being paid well for it and they are likely not gaining the experience that a young lawyer needs to fast track any kind of legal career.</p>