Law Schools Expect a Record Number of Applicants, but Interest in Public-Service Jobs May Be Waning.

Mangan, Katherine S.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Law Schools Expect a Record Number of Applicants, but Interest in Public-Service Jobs May Be Waning.

Mangan, Katherine S.

Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n21 pA27,28 Feb 1 1989

Decline in interest and employment in public-interest law may be due to cuts in legal services funding, heightened recruiting by private firms, mounting law student debt burdens, growing salary disparities in public-interest and corporate law, inadequate curricular attention to public-interest issues, and private law firm prestige. (MSE)

Descriptors: Career Choice, College Applicants, College Curriculum, Debt (Financial), Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Law Schools, Legal Education (Professions), Public Service Occupations, Salary Wage Differentials, Student Attitudes, Trend Analysis

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