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Georgetown extends stipends as new graduates face a difficult job market, LawCrossing finds 30,000 attorney jobs.
November 03, 2010
Pasadena, CA — Georgetown University Law Center has decided to extend its stipend program for its jobless 2010 law graduates for another three months. The law school had originally offered the stipend to its 2010 graduates who were unable to get full-time law-related jobs. The students had to agree to serve in a public interest organization in a full-time capacity for three months. In return, Georgetown agreed to pay $4,000 total for three months to each student. The extension again offers the same amount for another three months. Georgetown's program is similar to the programs run by University of Miami Law School, Duke, and SMU. Similar programs at other schools have shown the difficult job market facing new law graduates this year. But the fact that a school of Georgetown's reputation is offering its jobless alumni a stipend is making the rounds of law student blogs. These types of announcements give more ammunition to such sites which claim that there is an oversupply of new lawyers in the market. CEO A. Harrison Barnes of LawCrossing says things are not as bleak as portrayed in the anti-law school blogs. He says that although the job market for new law graduates is tough, positions are available in public interest and smaller law firms. ''Even graduates of top law schools are now applying for public interest work and even government positions.'' LawCrossing has been able to find over 30,000 attorney jobs across the country. LawCrossing is a job aggregator site for all types of legal jobs. Its database carries attorney jobs (30,236), law student/Clerkship (17,101), legal staff jobs (11,358), partner jobs (240), postgraduate clerkship (586), and summer associate/ internships (2,381). Contact: Roger Croft Editorial Coordinator LawCrossing 626-243-1801 rogerc@lawcrossing.com About LawCrossing: LawCrossing is an affiliate of Employment Research Institute, a powerful and comprehensive organization dedicated to helping professionals find jobs that will enhance their careers. LawCrossing consolidates every legal job opening it can find in one convenient location. LawCrossing has been on the Inc. 500 twice. The website also offers a three-day free trial to new members.
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