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Paul Katzman

Jun 26, 2014

More opportunities for recent grads, but fewer get jobs

Despite more job opportunities for new law school graduates, the percentage of law school grads who get jobs out of college fell for the sixth straight year, according to a study released this month.

Jan 20, 2014

Recent grads encouraged to look beyond Milwaukee, Madison for work

Karl Huber practiced law out of his house in Ladysmith for the first year after graduating from Marquette University Law School.

Jul 1, 2011

Economy prompts lawyers to consider trying paralegal work

Paralegal positions, while less lucrative than starting associate jobs, are becoming an attractive option for unemployed lawyers looking for work.

May 23, 2011

New graduate will work … for now

When Beth Odian takes her oath as an attorney today, she does so knowing she has a job. The new Marquette Law School graduate wasn’t alone in her job security, but neither was it guaranteed, considering that about half of her 173 classmates sworn in at the state Capitol started their legal careers unemployed. But […]

May 13, 2011

LEGAL CENTS: Recent graduates look out-of-the-box

It’s May, and for many aspiring lawyers, that means graduation time; what should be a time of celebration.

But this spring’s graduates, like many of late, face a hard reality once they’ve returned the caps and gowns: the persistently brutal job mark[...]

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