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Special Report - Law - September 18, 2009
Law school grads challenged with tighter legal labor market
Young lawyers broaden job searches, volunteer for experience

By Jeanne Gustafson
Of the Journal of Business

Recent law graduate Amy Swinhoe says the tough job market has caused her to keep an open mind about what type of work she'll accept and where she'll go for a job.
Recent law graduate Amy Swinhoe says the tough job market has caused her to keep an open mind about what type of work she'll accept and where she'll go for a job.
—Staff photo by Jeanne Gustafson
Law-school graduates seeking their first job are feeling the effects of an economy that has buffeted both the public and private sectors and brought hiring to a near standstill, say industry observers here.

Job offers for new lawyers are scarce these days, causing law schools to bolster their efforts to help graduates find work and forcing new grads to be more open minded about the few legal jobs that might be available to those who are right out of school, says Holly Brajcich, di...


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