Calif. Prop. 8: Students to blog from courtroom
Two Berkeley Law students are providing daily accounts from the courtroom via a blog, of the high-profile gay marriage trial in California.
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Student’s debt expectations climb upwards
Almost one-third of all third-year law students expect to graduate with more than $120,000 in debt, according to the recent LSSSE report, released Jan. 6th.
The numbers are not only getting worse, they are moving quickly in the wrong direction.
Students shifting from private firms to public interest, LSSSE study shows
Law students are rethinking their future in light of the recession, according to a study released on Jan. 6. The percent of law students who expect to work for private law firms dropped in 2009 from 58 to 50 percent, according to the Law School Survey of Student Engagement.
At the same time, the percent of students planning to go into public interest work has risen from 29 to 33 percent. Also, more students now say their legal education “had substantially strengthened their commitment to serving the public good.”