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Today's Quote: What Do Legal Assistants and Plumbers Have in Common?

By Lynne DeVenny

Now that the promise of college is being used to motivate some of our most disadvantaged public school students, we wonder if those kids need to go into debt when they can have fine careers as legal assistants and plumbers with less risk to their financial security and self-esteem. ~ Excerpt from "Class Struggle" (The Washington Post).

Ouch. There are visions of plumber's crack dancing in my head, even though I know a good plumber probably makes more in one year than I do in five.

Since when did we get lumped in with plumbers in terms of educational requirements? Last time I checked, most legal assistants need two-year degrees, or even better, four-year degrees to compete for the better-paying jobs with reputable legal employers.

Source: The Washington Post

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on July 30, 2010 (boomark / email).