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The Legal Job Market Is Even Worse Than Many of Us Thought

An Above the Law post discusses the following ad on Craigslist:

Superior Court of San Mateo County Seeks Volunteers

The Legal Research Department of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, is seeking attorneys willing to volunteer their time as a legal research attorney with a minimum 6 month commitment to the court.

Sounds like the San Mateo Superior Court needs to read “Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal” and “US Department of Labor Says Unpaid Interns Illegal.” Maybe the law doesn’t apply to courts that are “above the law.”

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Lawyer

Lawyer Job Market in the Tank so University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Buys a Law School & Doubles Enrollment for the Fall

Boston Globe: “Applications and enrollment at the state’s first public law school have surged since the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth acquired the struggling Southern New England School of Law, an early sign that the controversial merger is off to an auspicious start. . . . The size of the first-year class is also doubling to 155.”

In-House Departments, Law Firms Rely More on Project Attorneys

Law.com: “One consultant has seen a ‘huge upswing’ in the contract attorney market . . . . In an era when cost predictability reigns supreme, corporate law departments are increasingly using project- or contract-based attorneys to help handle an increased workload on a shrunken budget. And their business-minded approach has law firms thinking about doing the same thing.”

Well-Educated Job Hunters Still Stuck

Wall St. Journal: “College graduates who took a detour around the weak job market by going back for advanced degrees are beginning to emerge from those programs—and finding job prospects aren’t much better than they were a couple of years ago.”