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Law Practice

May 29, 2014

Big firms receding in eyes of graduates

Today's law school graduates are less likely to go to a big firm job and less likely to stay very long if they do, as in-house positions and contract law firms begin to muscle their way into the market for young attorneys.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Today's law school graduates are likely to follow a drastically different career path than their predecessors, as big firms continue to lower their investment in entry level associates and other employers become more attractive, deans and firm managing partners said.


Young attorneys of the future will switch jobs more readily as they and their employers become increasingly skeptical that lawyers ...

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