With the Downturn, It’s Time to Rethink the Legal Profession

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<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/opinion/02thu4.html?_r=1&em%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/opinion/02thu4.html?_r=1&em&lt;/a>
By ADAM COHEN
Published: April 1, 2009</p>

<p>The economic downturn is hitting the legal world hard. American Lawyer is calling it “the fire this time” and warning that big firms may be hurtling toward “a paradigm-shifting, blood-in-the-suites” future. The Law Shucks blog has a “layoff tracker,” and it is grim reading. Top firms are rapidly thinning their ranks, and several — including Heller Ehrman, a venerable 500-plus-lawyer firm founded in 1890 — have closed.</p>

<p>Discuss.</p>

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<p>Knock knock.</p>

<p>Or are everyone’s heads buried in the sand?</p>

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<p>Nobody’s head is buried in the sand, and there’s no need to be obnoxious. Your thread is generating no responses because it’s old news. Several very similar articles have already been posted in this forum.</p>

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<p>Sorry. I’m not associated with the legal profession at all. I came across the article in the mainstream news - so I thought it was news.</p>

<p>Nevermind then.</p>