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February 26, 2008


Why do students go to law school? Money and power, not justice.

A recent Kaplan survey asked 2,000 potential law school applicants why they want to be lawyers. The conclusion: financial gain and political ambition.

Here's a summary and a link to the Kaplan study, on Paul Caron's TaxProf site.

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