Comments on: Time bomb http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2Ftime-bomb%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Time+bomb Dispatches from a legal profession on the brink Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Blawg Review #220 http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2Ftime-bomb%2F%23comment-983&seed_title=Time+bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Blawg Review #220 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:43:16 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=938#comment-983 [...] Many would have nominated law schools as a nearly recession-proof sector of the economy, but that’s turned out to be wrong, what with bleak prospects for many new graduates and sometimes plunging endowments at parent institutions. Famed UCLA lawprof Stephen Bainbridge asks “Is Law a Mature Industry?” and examines the implications for legal education (do we really need at least ten new law schools, as are on the drawing board now?), while the Canadian site Law21.ca wonders whether the demographics of an aging world mean that we can “say goodbye to a lot of law schools“. [...] [...] Many would have nominated law schools as a nearly recession-proof sector of the economy, but that’s turned out to be wrong, what with bleak prospects for many new graduates and sometimes plunging endowments at parent institutions. Famed UCLA lawprof Stephen Bainbridge asks “Is Law a Mature Industry?” and examines the implications for legal education (do we really need at least ten new law schools, as are on the drawing board now?), while the Canadian site Law21.ca wonders whether the demographics of an aging world mean that we can “say goodbye to a lot of law schools“. [...]

]]> By: Blawg Review #220 http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2Ftime-bomb%2F%23comment-984&seed_title=Time+bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Blawg Review #220 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:43:16 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=938#comment-984 [...] Many would have nominated law schools as a nearly recession-proof sector of the economy, but that’s turned out to be wrong, what with bleak prospects for many new graduates and sometimes plunging endowments at parent institutions. Famed UCLA lawprof Stephen Bainbridge asks “Is Law a Mature Industry?” and examines the implications for legal education (do we really need at least ten new law schools, as are on the drawing board now?), while the Canadian site Law21.ca wonders whether the demographics of an aging world mean that we can “say goodbye to a lot of law schools“. [...] [...] Many would have nominated law schools as a nearly recession-proof sector of the economy, but that’s turned out to be wrong, what with bleak prospects for many new graduates and sometimes plunging endowments at parent institutions. Famed UCLA lawprof Stephen Bainbridge asks “Is Law a Mature Industry?” and examines the implications for legal education (do we really need at least ten new law schools, as are on the drawing board now?), while the Canadian site Law21.ca wonders whether the demographics of an aging world mean that we can “say goodbye to a lot of law schools“. [...]

]]> By: Interesting Stuff – July 11, 2009 Edition http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2Ftime-bomb%2F%23comment-981&seed_title=Time+bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Interesting Stuff – July 11, 2009 Edition Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:14:42 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=938#comment-981 [...] Time Bomb by Jordan Furlong is essential reading if your wondering about your future as a lawyer (your very, very long future). [...] [...] Time Bomb by Jordan Furlong is essential reading if your wondering about your future as a lawyer (your very, very long future). [...]

]]> By: Dominic Jaar http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2Ftime-bomb%2F%23comment-973&seed_title=Time+bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Dominic Jaar Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:16:10 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=938#comment-973 Jordan, I share most of your thoughts but for the last one. At least, here, in Quebec, with the government funding Universities, law school are the cheapest faculties because they do not require any labs, hardware, software, etc. The government just needs to pay a few profs to teach in amphitheaters. Accordingly, even if there is no need for new lawyers in the market, the marketing around law schools will continue to bring a decent supply of law students. We have already started to see this happening here. Many students end up failing the bar exams for good, or passing the exams and then being unable to secure an articling position, or articling for free and then selling burgers! Jordan,

I share most of your thoughts but for the last one. At least, here, in Quebec, with the government funding Universities, law school are the cheapest faculties because they do not require any labs, hardware, software, etc. The government just needs to pay a few profs to teach in amphitheaters. Accordingly, even if there is no need for new lawyers in the market, the marketing around law schools will continue to bring a decent supply of law students. We have already started to see this happening here. Many students end up failing the bar exams for good, or passing the exams and then being unable to secure an articling position, or articling for free and then selling burgers!

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