Originally Posted by aquinas
Originally Posted by JonLaw
Originally Posted by Thomas Percy
I am surprised you didn't say being a partner at big law.

You aren't really protected by a strong guild that effectively excludes competition in law.

Sure you are-- law societies who determine law school enrollment and whose membership is required to practice law are just that.

This is not "protection by a strong guild that effectively excludes competition":

"Law school applications and enrollments have fallen in the past couple of years, but the absolute numbers in the pipeline are still absurdly high. For the class entering last fall, there were 68,000 applications for 50,000 law school seats, and when those students graduate, they’ll compete for 25,000 jobs."

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-01/the-case-against-law-school