<p>yale: There isn’t a plummeting interest in law enforcement-there’s a plummeting number of jobs for JDs-per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are twice as many JDs graduated annually as there are jobs that require that degree. And yes, there is a strong interest in medicine as a career: my community awards 24 small scholarships to HS seniors. Of the 24 recipients, 23 said they were going to major in pre-med.
cartera: “There is an excess of lawyers, except where there isn’t. There are still plenty of places in this country where people’s legal needs are under served.” Other than opinion, do you have any evidence to support this statement. All the numbers I’ve seen indicate that there are more than enough attorneys everywhere in the country-and where exactly in the US are the legally underserved?</p>