Food for thought - career information

These are just two bits of a complex puzzle when trying to decide whether or not you want to go to law school, but they are worth considering since they run against the conventional wisdom. The upshot here is that lawyers face difficult labor markets and many don't make enough money to pay off big loans and live well at the same time. For more detailed discussion of the bi-modal distribution of income in the legal profession, see the empirical legal studies blog which is worth reading in general.