The conclusions derived from this analysis should be applicable to most schools ranked between 26 and 100 in US News and World Report while graduates from schools ranked lower probably will have worse outcomes. Licking your lips can increase their dryness and lead to chapping, but licking the stuff that’s on your lips can ultimately lead to even more unpleasant outcomes. I, however, thought it would be helpful to create a case study of a single second tier school to evaluate the employment outcomes graduates can expect. In case there’s not, everything feels urgent and drags us to multitasking yet and again. If a training plan is in place, then in that case the training consultant will be able to evaluate that how it is functioning and if it does not exists, they know how to plan what is required. Villanova makes a good case study because it is neither an urban school in the heart of a metropolis like the New York schools nor is in the middle of nowhere like a more rural institution. Today, any honest person with a modicum of sense recognizes that the law school emperor has no clothes.

That’s right, only 2 out of 5 LAW graduates end working at a law firm. This comes out to 62% of the class. This comes out to just under 65% of graduates – or nearly two-thirds of the class. Unless, you’re offered a role to be a GC for your buddy’s hair-brained startup that hawks some crummy mobile app, you’re not going to work in a corporate legal office right out of school. The data further notes that 138 of graduates found employment in jobs that require bar admission – the types of jobs people would expect if they graduate law school. The data indicates that there were 213 graduates in 2015. After 10 months, 27 were unemployed and seeking employment. The public interest and government employment numbers are probably the hardest to parse, but only about 10% class end up in either category. According to the ABA data, there are 27 such students (interestingly this is the exact same number as those who are unemployed).

There can be a lack of steady income. Now, I can see someone criticizing these calculations or this analysis. Trust me, as someone who has had to answer the interview question – “So, why do you have a law degree?” – more times than I can count, a JD confers no advantage. Let’s be clear: there is virtually no such thing as an entry level “JD Advantage” job unless you’re talking about being a Lexis or Westlaw sales rep or the school is shoving doc review roles into this category. These are the people, who after investing in a legal education either can’t find a job or can only find a job that could have been secured without enduring the law school ordeal. I know that even this can get tough because families can get separated and lose touch almost as easily as old friends can. To essentially know what great leadership ca do, a bit of schooling is needed. We also list a great range of part time jobs in London.

Well live in the great state of Texas newbie here though. Finally, there are state clerkships. The national unemployment rate in May 2016 was 5.5%. For such a massive investment, graduates are more than twice as likely to be unemployed than the US population as a whole. For May 2015 graduates, the survey includes ten months of post-graduate data (i.e. graduates had ten months in which to a find a position in order to be considered “employed”). We’re not even being selective – this includes everyone from the Skadden bound graduate to the guy working part time for a shady firm located underneath a highway overpass. If a graduate does land a law firm role, chances are he or she is going to end up joining a small firm of 2-10 employees. Of those who are neither employed as attorneys nor unemployed, a smattering (8 students) are not seeking employment, employed by the law school, pursuing another degree, or have been deferred by their employers. The jobs that pay such impressive salaries are referred to as BigLaw.

The jobs that will produce six figure salaries and will confer upon the attorney the prestige he so desires. If you think that no one will notice that heavy duty body shaper sitting 5 inches above the waistband of your jeans, think again! Given that it’s unlikely any of these non-legal positions actually require a law degree, I think it’s fair to lump these jobs (JD advantage, professional, and non-professional) together with the number who are unemployed after 10 months. Only two are listed as being employed in another professional field while two others are listed as being employed in a non-professional field. Nonetheless, 85% of graduates are walking away with non-elite jobs. Nonetheless, you probably don’t want to gamble nearly a quarter of a million bucks hoping that this analysis is too pessimistic. Since the printed money stopped flowing into Asia by the end of Quantitative Easing (Money Printing) 2 and European sovereign debt crisis became a norm, job outlook in Singapore is getting grimmer every passing quarter.