Lock The Law School Doors?

That was part of the headline in an article from The New York Times. Apparently there are too many law school students and not enough jobs to go around.

How bad have things become? Bad enough that Patricia White, the dean of the University of Miami School of Law decided to offer incoming students incentives to defer a year. And 32 students took her up on her offer. But even with that the school still had a first year population of 527 students, which was 35% more than the prior year.

With second year law school students waiting in vain for call back interviews, an economy that still sees unemployment near record highs, what is the answer? According to the National Association for Legal Career Professionals, the 2008 recruiting season marked what is likely going to to be the beginning of a weaker legal employment market that may last for a number of years.

What's that you say? The article was from 2008, surely things have improved? Unfortunately, as noted in The New York Times Op-Ed published April 1, 2009, things only got worse. The headline of the piece, "With the Downturn, It's Time To Rethink the Legal Profession" should get the attention of every law school student.

The piece notes the closing of Heller Ehrman, a 500 plus lawyer firm founded in 1890. That news certainly got the attention of many in the legal profession. And the piece continued with discussion of salaries, and how high they have become at top firms for first year associates. And the trend they say is to significantly lower those salaries to be more in line with state and local prosecutors. That doesn't bode well for those who will leave law school with six figure student loan debts.

So where does that leave you as a current or soon to be law school student?

It should leave you asking yourself what you can do to stand above your peers. How do you set yourself apart and up for nailing your OCI's? How likely are you to make Law Review? Looking for a top clerkship this summer? It will be slim pickings, so exactly how do you plan on rising above and standing out?

For many, it will mean longer hours in the library and much less time for anything else but more studying. For a small group of law school students, it means looking beyond the ordinary, and instead looking for an edge. Not something that will help you stay up longer so you can study more. No, not that kind of edge.

I am referring to an edge that will land you closer to the top of your class. An edge that will leave you more relaxed and ready for your OCI's. An edge that gives you your life back, and gives you an opportunity to leave three years of worrying about everything behind. An instead having three years of great memories, shared with now life long friends.

And an edge that can save you thousands of dollars in casebooks. In fact, the edge I am referring to will even allow you to begin paying back those student loans while still in law school. Now that's an edge worth talking about.

This edge will help you do all of that and ace law school. Ready to have the edge? It starts with The Secret To Law School.

By: Secret To Law School

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As a law school student it never occurred to me that I could be a Supreme Court Justice. However, that didn't stop me from graduating near the top of my class. And unlike Ms. Kagan, I didn't study more, or give up more of my personal life. I did just the opposite. I stopped going to class and buying casebooks. Impossible you say? Not when you discover the secret to law school.