Oct 312008
For Halloween, I dressed up as a lawyer–complete in suit and tie–and sponsored my sister’s admission to the Minnesota bar. Over 600 hundred attorneys were sworn in at today’s ceremony. Having four law schools in the Twin Cities ensures that the supply of freshly minted lawyers always exceeds demand. I had friends who were still waiting tables after they passed the bar, and this was in the halcyon days of the late nineties. The job market confronting most of today’s new attorneys is much grimmer.
But I have more immediate concerns, like wondering whether the dry cleaners can get the sacrificial goat’s blood out of my tie. Those arterial sprays are messy.
