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Anticipated Revenues Drop for Law Firms and a Job-Hunting Law Grad

Posted Aug 18, 2008, 08:59 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss

Veronique Tousignant knows firsthand about the tight job market. A 2007 graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, she has sent out 200 résumés. But her only legal work is as a law clerk for Chicago firm Kameli & Associates.

Tousignant hit the job market as the subprime meltdown was affecting law firms, Crain’s Chicago Business reports.

She says she is making about a third of the salary she would earn as a lawyer. "It's hard enough getting a job in the first place," she told the publication. "The economy just didn't help at all."

Tousignant, like the law firms getting her résumés, is coping with less revenue.

A recent managing partner survey by a unit of… Continue reading...

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