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1997: I left the law because it is an inherently unpleasant profession and I wanted to pursue something else.

Present Day: I left the law because I had no choice.

http://online.wsj.com/news/interactive/LSCHOOL20120625?ref=S...

The table doesn't look that bad - for the first page, if sorted by "requiring law degree" column, for all schools at least 70% work either at job that requires or prefers law degree. Of course, if you look at the worst ones, the figures are abysmal, but isn't that somewhat expected?

I'd like to see another table however - which correlates the law-related employment chance with the cost of the law degree. E.g., how much chance of being a lawyer you can buy for $10k?

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