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Tidal Wave of Lawyers Nears, Bar Data Forewarn
in response to reader comment: Good. Supply and demand will lower legal fees

Submitted by Andrea C., Dec 4, 2007 14:16

Lower legal fees? You just keep telling yourself that Michael R. The fact is, as law firms continue to raise salaries for incoming associates, it will take a heck of a lot more for fees to come down. Supply and demand isn't quite so simple when (unlike popular belief) young lawyers are not as interchangeable as widgets. As competition for the top students continues to rise, as will those students salaries, this will counter whatever affect the excess lawyers in the field will bring. Trust me. The day your legal fees are lowered is the day hell will freeze over.

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Prices are already lower for run of the mill services when adjusted for inflation. Most people pay around $500 or... [MORE]	Amit U	Dec 30, 2007 22:45
This writer consistently looks at one side of the equation and ignores the other side. Se looks at the number... [MORE]	Michael	Dec 19, 2007 00:55
New York is also awash with foreign attorneys, who take only 1 year of post-graduate education (In most foreign countries... [MORE]	bubba gump	Dec 10, 2007 22:11
The article confirms that Cardozo now outranks Cornell law school in the national polls. Way to go! It took a... [MORE]	Jonathan K.	Dec 10, 2007 13:35
$205,000 average salary? Cripes! I'm packing my bags as we speak. [MORE]	J Sriro	Dec 5, 2007 11:48
"The city's top firms, meanwhile, are attracting talent from Harvard, Yale, and Stanford Law schools, whose graduates passed the bar... [MORE]	question	Dec 4, 2007 23:28
From the judiciary section of www.polijam.com I came across this article, which seems to have some optimistic views on the... [MORE]	John Davidson	Dec 4, 2007 17:16
What a great article. I'm happy for the law students who have decided of their own free will to stay... [MORE]	Michael R	Dec 4, 2007 12:42
Lower legal fees? You just keep telling yourself that Michael R. The fact is, as law firms continue to raise...	Andrea C.	Dec 4, 2007 14:16

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