Where will the next crop of lawyers be?
May 13, 2008
Caryn Tamber wrote a story for Maryland Lawyer yesterday (still climbing in popularity on the Web site) on what firms can expect from the next crop of lawyers – those who have not yet entered law school.
Putting aside the questions about the new generation of lawyers’ ethics or technical savvy, why don’t we focus on the question: “Where will they be working?”
Enter this chart, from the BBJ’s Web site: “Rankings for top U.S. metros for young adults.” (Here, “young adult” means ages 18 to 34).
It ranks the positions of the labor markets for young people, and Baltimore’s down at No. 13. The chart gives each city an “opportunity score” for young adults, presumably out of 10. Raleigh (No. 1) had an opportunity score of 7.97; Washington, D.C. (No. 3) had 5.69. Baltimore’s is 2.63.
The accompanying story reads:
It’s clear that having a high percentage of young adults can be an indicator of economic success. It tells marketers where to concentrate their efforts, entrepreneurs where to start businesses, and college graduates where to look for work.
Here’s a peak at the chart’s ranks:
1. Raleigh
2. Austin
3. Washington, D.C.
4. Las Vegas
5. Phoenix
6. Salt Lake City
7. Charlotte
8. Seattle
9. Orlando
10. Houston
11. Denver
12. Boston
13. Baltimore
So how do we move #13 up a few notches?
JACKIE SAUTER, Web Editor
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Do what law schools do to inflate their employment statistics for the US News rankings: hire “young adults” to come to the City to work (i.e., pay them a “young adult” bonus on top of whatever salary they receive from their employers). If money was hard to come by the City could substitute in-kind inducements (e.g., free skateboards, baskets of Kiehl facial products, and the like). Another possibility would be to celebrate reality rather than try to change it, by distributing brightly colored “We’re Number 13″ bumper stickers, painting the slogan on City benches, and other such things.
Just kidding. If this story is any evidence, “young adults” can get a little full of themselves at times.