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Tuition has risen for the 2010 -2011 academic year at law schools across the country, though jobs for young lawyers are increasi
Tuition has risen for the 2010 -2011 academic year at law schools across the country, though jobs for young lawyers are increasi
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2014-04-20
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问题
Tuition has risen for the 2010 -2011 academic year at law schools across the country, though jobs for young lawyers are increasingly hard to come by.
Recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 4,000 jobs in the legal sector were cut in June and July, capping a 12-month stretch in which the field lost about 17,000 positions. Summer associate programs, often a stable track to future employment for law students, also fell victim to a sour economy.
But more law school admission tests were administered in the most recent testing year than ever before. From June 2009 to February 2010, there were 171,514 requests for the LSAT, a 13.3 percent increase from the previous year, says Wendy Margolis, communications director at the nonprofit Law School Admission Council, which administers the test.
With demand and costs climbing while job prospects diminish, what’s happening to the value of a legal education? The answer is debatable, says William Henderson, a professor at the Indiana University. He notes that in this economic climate, even a degree from a top law school does not guarantee a job.
But Ann Levine, a law school admissions consultant, says that dimming job prospects and increasingly high tuition have yet to deter those in her nationwide client pool from seeking elite placements. " People want to generally go to the best law school they can get into, regardless of costs. " She says. One of Levine’s clients Oriana Pietrangelo turned down several full rides in favor of a partial scholarship this fall to the University of Notre Dame Law School, a highly ranked school whose " name goes fairly far".
Reasons for tuition increases vary by school, though the pattern is that tuition rarely goes down. Instead, relatively
small tuition increases are touted as big news
. At Vanderbilt University Law School, tuition will increase 2. 7 percent to $ 44,900 before fees, the smallest uptick in 44 years, according to the school. Public law schools are feeling the heat of tight state budgets. Funding for higher education has been slashed in at least 43 financially strapped states, according to a recent report. Higher education funding in Texas, for example, was reduced by $ 73 million, and public universities in Indiana saw a $ 150 million decrease this year. The budget pressures are pushing tuition upward.
Still, law school officials voice continued support for ambitious students choosing a legal education, especially when the curricula embrace the changing tides of the professional market. " I think that law school remains a great investment because of the kinds of analytical skills law school teaches," says Paul Schiff Berman, dean of Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, "whether you end up practicing at a law firm, or going into business, or going into government. "
Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
选项
A、Students graduating from top law school can’t find a good job.
B、Law schools enable the students to enter the fields other than legal sector.
C、Law schools are losing the support of state budgets.
D、Students seek elite placements by going to law schools.
答案
B
解析
细节题。本题涉及全文内容,应先将各个选项定位至相关段落。根据最后一段所述,law schoolremains a great investment…whether you end up practicing at a law firm,or going into business,orgoing into government.可以看出即使去法学界以外的领域就业,法学院的所学仍是有价值的,因此[B]为答案。[A]项定位至第三段最后一句even a degree from a top law school does not guarantee ajob,原句意思是“即使在最好的法学院取得的学位也未必能保障一份工作”,而不等同于顶尖法学院毕业都不能找到好工作,故排除[A]。[C]项涉及第五段内容,但财政支持的缩减并不代表完全的丧失,故[C]错误。就读法学院有可能获得很好的就业机会,但文章并没有说通过就读法学院就能得到好的机会,故[D]项也错误。
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