Law Practice
Apr. 10, 2010
Work Eludes 'Lost Class'
Hundreds of first- and second-year associates have been left out in the cold through mass layoffs in the downturn, leading to the formation of what some legal observers have dubbed the "lost class" of associates.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Tan Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with degrees in political science and English but no set plans. So he did what thousands of other bright, driven college graduates do every year - he applied to law school.
"I didn't know what else to do," Nguyen said.
In December 2008, with just a year of experience working at a Los Ange...
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