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Education

Jan. 1, 2009

As Job Market Tightens, Schools Get Proactive for Law Students

A rapidly constricting law firm job market has prompted top law schools such as Harvard to aggressively shop their students to prospective employers, in ways rarely seen, in the hopes of securing precious spots in next year's summer classes.

By Rebecca U. Cho
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A rapidly constricting law firm job market has prompted top law schools such as Harvard to aggressively shop their students to prospective employers, in ways rarely seen, in the hopes of securing precious spots in next year's summer classes.

The scramble intensified with the economy's nosedive this fall, which coincided with the end of recruiting season at law schools and led some firms to re-evaluate t...

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