At Large
Mar. 1, 2013
A Lost Generation
For thousands of newly minted lawyers in California, a well-trodden career path is no longer paying off.
Let's call her Nancy: a young woman with driving ambition who belongs to California's lost generation of lawyers. Despite impeccable credentials and an exemplary work ethic, she is a post-2008 law school grad who remains entirely unable to find any legal job, to say nothing of a coveted position at one of the state's largest legal firms.
For many recent graduates, a job in "big law" was the dream that brought them to law school in the first place. Tempted by both hig...
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