Legal Research

Is the Versatility of a Law Degree Just a Myth?  Not exactly.  An article from the National Law Journal reports on the challenges that law graduates confront as they enter the job market and discover that an alternative career path is not as accessible as they may have thought.  Nonlegal employers are not always impressed by law degrees.  Law graduates may set themselves apart from other well-qualified applicants but not in the favorable way they may have anticipated.  This concept baffles law graduates who were told that law school provides a path to a variety of careers.  However, law graduates seeking alternative careers should not fold their diplomas into paper hats just yet.  Even though there are limited opportunities for alternative career seeking law graduates, a little creativity can help you identify interesting, alternative employment.  Future law school applicants are asked to consider their career paths before devoting time and resources to the study of law, and those who are on their way to becoming law graduates are advised to market themselves well to employers.  So, if you are pursuing your law degree with the intention of sidestepping the legal profession, expect challenges but know that the law degree is about as flexible as you are.

Hat tip to Law.com.



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