In the News
Tough time for law grads
Publication date: May 1, 2009
Source: Kansas City Star
Author: Dan Margolies
The Kansas City Star quoted Todd Rogers, assistant dean for career services, in a story about law students' difficulty finding jobs in poor economic times.
The Star wrote:
"I've had government employers comment that they haven't seen application pools this deep in 10 years," said Todd Rogers, assistant dean of career services at the University of Kansas School of Law. "It's definitely a buyer's market."
Indeed, Rogers said fewer employers showed up on campus this spring to conduct interviews than in the past.
Many prospective employers have stopped recruiting first-year law students altogether, denying students valuable, if traditionally low-paying or unpaying, work that serves as their introduction to the legal world. Others have deferred starting dates for incoming first-year associates, although they sometimes provide them with a stipend in the interim.
"Pair that with the hiring freezes and with nonprofits seeing budget cuts, and that spells more competition for private-sector jobs," Rogers said. "It's a perfect storm."
