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While emphasizing that lawyers fulfill a vital but often misunderstood public function in society, The American Legal Profession: The Myths and Realities of Practicing Law dispels some of the common misconceptions about the legal profession to show that the reality of being a lawyer is much different from what many students believe it to be. Many students know little about what law school is like or how it differs from undergraduate study, and this book corrects common myths about graduating law school and life after passing the bar. This brief primer is a nuts-and-bolts analysis of what it is really like to go into the legal profession, from start to finish, giving students considering a career in law a realistic overview of their potential legal careers.
The Practice of Law
The Practice of Law
Tens of thousands of law graduates are admitted into legal practice each year. Although bar admission rates have declined in recent years, they do not show any meaningful sign of diminishing significantly over the long term. In the short term, changes in the legal marketplace have slowed the pace of juris doctor (JD) enrollments and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) administrations, due in large part to the negative effects of the 2008 recession (see Figure 4.1). But, given the steady rate of law school matriculation in past years, the negative repercussions from the economy probably will not weaken the high demand for legal education. Approximately fifty thousand law graduates are admitted into the bar every year. As ...
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