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Law Practice

May 19, 2010

Jobless Flock to Law Schools

Law school applications are shooting up nationally even as the legal services industry faces its toughest times in years and the job pool continues to shrink.

By Kari Hamanaka

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Law school applications are shooting up nationally even as the legal services industry faces its toughest times in years and the job pool continues to shrink.

According to preliminary numbers from the Law School Admission Council, law school applicants for fall 2010 increased 2.8 percent and the number of applications increased even more, 7.2 percent nationally from last year. Final ...

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