So, You Want to Be a Lawyer?
The Department of Political Science is pleased to sponsor a talk by its alumna, Sandra Yamate. Ms. Yamate, also a graduate of Harvard Law School, and former Director of the American Bar Association's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession will speak on "So, You Want to Be a Lawyer? Entering the Brave New World of the Legal Profession Today." The talk will take place on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in Wohlers Hall Room 130.
It used to be that when times were bad, law school applications and enrollment would increase. Conventional wisdom said that studying law was a safe bet: wait out the bad times as a student and find a good-paying job as a lawyer after graduation. But that was then and this is now.
The global economic downturn that started making headlines during the fall of 2008 was different. And it sent shockwaves throughout the legal profession. A profession that previously had always been relatively insulated from economic bad times - mergers and acquisitions might be down right now but litigation is up, or real estate is slow, but intellectual property law is busy - found itself hard hit. This time, it seemed all parts of the legal profession were suffering. Unprecedented layoffs, deferred start dates for new hires, elimination of summer employment programs suddenly became the new normal.
Now, when it appears that the economy may be rebounding, the legal profession is finds itself at a crossroads: revert back to the practice from more prosperous times or use the upheavals of the last 18 months as the impetus for a new practice?
Please join us for a discussion about today's legal profession:
* Why should you even want to be a lawyer?
* What do aspiring lawyers need to know about the practice of law in today's world?
* How can aspiring lawyers best prepare for the profession that awaits them?
Questions? Contact Joe Hinchliffe, Department of Political Science, jjhinch@illinois.edu
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