Every now and then, I receive letters or emails from people who have recently graduated from law school and are looking for legal jobs. No question, it’s tough out there for new law school graduates. The Great Recession and the tepid recovery has taken a toll on the availability of entry level legal positions. Even when there are open positions law firms, large and small, tend to hire experienced lawyers because there are experienced lawyers out there to hire. The market for newly admitted lawyers is so bad, in fact, that people who know what they’re talking about have advocated that…
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