Legal assistance: Analyzing the disconnect between cost and need

Working as a lawyer is one of the most respected careers today. Companies need lawyers to handle their legal transactions as much as appellants come to these professionals for much-needed legal guidance. Yet amidst this prestige, the said line of work is still far from perfect.

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This is what the American Bar Association believes, asserting that the legal education system is facing what one may call an existential crisis. This can be observed in how law school applications significantly dropped, arguably resulting from not only the expensive tuition (which eventually yields to student debts), but also the difficulty of finding employment after graduation.

The lack of employment opportunities for law graduates is rooted from a harsh truth: in financial crises, clients avoid paying higher rates for lawyers or avoid hiring lawyers altogether.

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There are ways to resolve this problem, as suggested by John Farmer of The New York Times. He recommends that an entry level period of practice be enforced upon new graduates, under experienced supervision and at reduced hourly rates.

These reduced rates will hopefully encourage clients to hire more young lawyers, testing out what the new generation of legal specialists can offer them. In this manner, the growing need for legal representation can be satiated whilst providing law graduates not only with the job they studied and worked hard for, but also with the chance to shine in their chosen field.

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