Wake Up Call: Law Degree Worth Sapped by Debt, Stagnant Pay

Aug. 4, 2021, 12:35 PM UTC

In today’s column, a surge in new infections, client pressure, and other factors pushed firms to get serious about requiring Covid-19 vaccinations; corporate clients keen to manage their own ESG risks are scrutinizing how law firms handle such matters; Missouri’s governor pardoned the lawyer couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters last year.

  • Leading off, with law school tuition soaring but graduates’ salaries stagnant, the value of a law degree from a non-elite school has diminished, even for “well-regarded” schools, the Journal reports. (WSJ) Some recent grads of leading law schools are striking “Faustian bargains” to ...

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