Wall St. Journal:  “Employment Prospects Dim as Firms Retrench, Derailing Career Paths for Many“

“Those considering law school might want to reconsider, said Allan Tanenbaum, chairman of an American Bar Association commission studying the impact of the economic crisis on the profession. Students take on average law-school debt of about $100,000 and, given the job market, many ‘have no foreseeable way to pay that back,’ he said.”

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