<p>The legal profession in the U.S. will never be what is was. At lot of the work is outsourced to India where it is performed at $25/hour instead of $300/hr.
[U.S</a>. Legal Work Booms in India - Washington Post](<a href=“http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-05-11/world/36923616_1_legal-work-law-firms-corporate-law]U.S”>http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-05-11/world/36923616_1_legal-work-law-firms-corporate-law)
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<p>Here is more gloom and doom:
[The</a> Jobs Crisis at Our Best Law Schools Is Much, Much Worse Than You Think - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic](<a href=“http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-jobs-crisis-at-our-best-law-schools-is-much-much-worse-than-you-think/274795/]The”>http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-jobs-crisis-at-our-best-law-schools-is-much-much-worse-than-you-think/274795/)</p>
<p>Even Canada is outsourcing legal work to India:
[Some</a> Toronto law firms and in-house lawyers send work to India | Toronto Star](<a href=“http://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2013/05/13/some_toronto_law_firms_and_inhouse_lawyers_send_work_to_india.html]Some”>http://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2013/05/13/some_toronto_law_firms_and_inhouse_lawyers_send_work_to_india.html)</p>
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If you take on 200k in debt for law school and don’t get a job, you can be a lot worse off than you are now.</p>