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Law Practice

Jul. 27, 2010

Starting Salaries Stuck at 2008 Levels

A new survey of first-year salaries for law school graduates contains sobering news for the class of 2010, with a finding that median salaries remain stuck at 2008 levels of $72,000 per year.

By Kari Hamanaka

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A new survey of first-year salaries for law school graduates contains sobering news for the class of 2010, with a finding that median salaries remain stuck at 2008 levels of $72,000 per year.

The findings, an overview of salaries for 2009 graduates from the National Association of Law Placement, provide a cautionary note on what many law schools attempt to warn incoming students about...

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