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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, 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)
