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COVID and the JD job market

DoingitfortheDingoDoingitfortheDingo Alum Member
in General 31 karma

Does anyone know how COVID is changing the JD job market? I read some large firms weren’t hiring a freshman class? In a job market that is already saturated can we expect employment numbers for schools to take a hit/make all this worth it financially in the long run?

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  • studyingandrestudyingstudyingandrestudying Core Member
    5254 karma

    I join you in being worried.

  • Tzvi___HTzvi___H Alum Member
    208 karma

    You have to compare the decline with other professions as they also will take a hit.

  • dansykes94dansykes94 Core Member
    112 karma

    There will be a recession.

    Honestly thinking of postponing to Fall 2021.

    High chance the damage will peak in 2-3 years

  • studyingandrestudyingstudyingandrestudying Core Member
    5254 karma

    Around 2008 and in the years following the legal job market wasn't a happy scene. It wasn't the only field to have this situation, but it was definitely one that hit very tough times.

  • mellomelmellomel Alum Member
    292 karma

    I share everybody's concerns. But I also think that the legal job market could do relatively better than other sectors in these sorts of mass instabilities. A lot of people will need lawyers to pick up the pieces. Not to say all will be well and good, but just a glass half full perspective.

  • MIT_2017MIT_2017 Alum Member
    edited May 2020 470 karma

    @dansykes94 said:
    There will be a recession.

    Honestly thinking of postponing to Fall 2021.

    High chance the damage will peak in 2-3 years

    I have heard a few people mention that they expect the damage to be much worse in a couple years than it is now/later this year. Is there a good reason to think this other than just going off of what we saw after 2008?

    Another question I have is if people expect the impending legal recession to have a strong impact on those graduating from a T14? How about T6?

    Relatedly, can anyone provide links to recent articles that talk about expectations for the legal market in the near future, beyond simply "hiring is down"?

    Thanks.

  • studyingandrestudyingstudyingandrestudying Core Member
    5254 karma

    @MIT_2017, I don't think we can post links, but Spivey has some good articles and he tracks this information. He also has a good podcast. I've heard there was also a recession in 1992 that was pretty bad, but I don't know as much about it as 2008. The thing is, both these recessions didn't involve a pandemic, and when you thrown in the health considerations, obviously we're living in tough times and right now unemployment is at a high percentage rate--not isolating law here just quoting headlines for general labor rates. While I don't know about specific schools and graduate outcomes, I do know Law School Transparency is very concerned about employment outcomes. And the Reddit School of Law has discussions about some internships and summer associate positions being virtual and others cancelled.

  • MIT_2017MIT_2017 Alum Member
    470 karma

    @lsatplaylist thanks very much, i'll check out those sources

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