45,000 new JDs chasing 30,000 new jobs
posted by Kaimipono D. Wenger
45,000 new JDs chasing 30,000 new jobs . . . annually. Ouch! (kw)
January 14, 2010 at 9:58 pm
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Jennifer Hendricks - January 15, 2010 at 7:35 am
The article suggests moving accreditation authority from the ABA to the AALS, claiming that the move would reduce “conflicts of interest” that make the ABA too lenient about allowing the proliferation of law schools. Why is that?
As to the ABA, one would think that its interests would be protectionist. Is the “conflict” that the ABA is dominated by senior lawyers and firms, who would just as soon have a glut of new lawyers to drive down associate salaries?
As the the AALS, law schools would have a greater protectionist interest in not letting in new schools, out of our own self-interest and for the sake of our students–we don’t like seeing them struggle so much to find jobs. So I think the author of the article is correct that the AALS would accredit fewer new schools, not because it would lack a “conflict of interest” but because its self-interest points in the direction that the author thinks we should go.
How would folks feel about having the AALS take over law school accreditation?
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