When most people picture the American Lawyer, they think of a lawyer from the 1950s and 1960s in the “golden age of the American bar” where lawyers lives were relatively stable. Lawyers didn’t get rich in this period, but “nobody starves.” Starting in 2009, thousands of lawyers found themselves looking any secure place to survive a declining demand for legal services. Thomas Morgan envisions a future where there is a demand for more people trained in the law, but that training may not require a three-year graduate degree like it does today.
Thomas D. Morgan, “The Last Days of the American Lawyer,” George Washington School of Law (January 27, 2010).
