Did You Go to Law School to Make $15 an Hour!?

Oh my.

This latest legal “super-article” from AboveTheLaw.com has been getting so much traffic that it moves extremely slowly, and has shut down the website several times. If you are lucky enough to get through, the article is here: “Did You Go Law School to Make $15/Hour?”

This article is depressing for recent law school graduates like myself. You struggle to get in, pound out three years of legal education, and then graduate to find yourself in a market that can’t meet even your most basic expenses. I think if our clients knew that each of us is not independently wealthy, perhaps they would be more diligent in paying their legal bills when they come due. But, clients have a perception that other clients can pick up the tab and that the attorney can afford to take the loss.

I know the above article is an extreme example, but being an attorney is quite often less than lucrative. We must have gone into this field for some other reason…

Thoughts!?