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ERIC Number: EJ384240
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Law Schools Expect a Record Number of Applicants, but Interest in Public-Service Jobs May Be Waning.
Mangan, Katherine S.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n21 pA27,28 Feb 1 1989
Decline in interest and employment in public-interest law may be due to cuts in legal services funding, heightened recruiting by private firms, mounting law student debt burdens, growing salary disparities in public-interest and corporate law, inadequate curricular attention to public-interest issues, and private law firm prestige. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Applicants, College Curriculum, Debt (Financial), Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Law Schools, Legal Education (Professions), Public Service Occupations, Salary Wage Differentials, Student Attitudes, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Public Interest Law