Law school applicants surge 13%, biggest increase since dot-com bubble

Re:Law school applicants surge 13%, biggest increase since d... by flavius29663 on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:24AM (#28086155)

I still fail to see the reasoning here. Most other young professionals are in the same boat: debt out of college, smallish starting salaries, renting, HCOL areas.

Lawyers have higher salaries than most other professions, though. They are 10% better paid than software developers. We have a huge amount of really well paid developers in SF, Seattle and NYC, and lawyers still have a higher median salary.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/mobile/lawyers.htm

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...

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Re:Law school applicants surge 13%, biggest increase since d... by sizzle on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:12PM (#28121023)

Thanks I see where you are coming from. All things considered you can make a great life out of a law career if you are driven and motivated, like you said the ceiling is much higher for law than general population jobs

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