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Law school revolution By HYPERLINK http://www.law21.ca/author/jordan-furlong/Jordan Furlong ? Published: June 25th, 2012 SHARE:HYPERLINK /shareTweet HYPERLINK javascript:void(0);INSHARE One of my favourite bumper stickers, back when such things were popular, read as follows: “Where are we going? And what’s with this handbasket?” If you’re involved in any aspect of legal education these days, or if you have even a passing interest in how law schools are doing their job, you might feel that bumper sticker is especially appropriate. Law schools and legal education are in an uproar. There’s a host of factors at work, most notably an extreme and rapid change in how legal work is done and who is required to do it — a trend that’s making things difficult for law firms but that’s positively brutalizing law schools. There’s plenty of upheaval going on in legal education and admission in HYPERLINK /legalfeeds/875/Law-society-releases-interim-articling-report.htmlCanada, in the HYPERLINK /2012/05/22/lifting-the-letr-from-the-doormat/United HYPERLINK /2012/04/17/sold-why-the-sale-of-the-college-of-law-may-have-global-impact/Kingdom, and in HYPERLINK .au/victoria/graduates-shun-legal-profession1yxt0.htmlAustralia, but I’ll focus this post on the US, where the worst of the storm is centered. Here are some highlights: HYPERLINK /jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202559883779Only 55% of law schools grads found full-time law jobs in 2011, according to an ABA report. HYPERLINK /jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202558291685slreturn=1Employment rates for the class of 2011 hit an 18-year record low, NALP added. HYPERLINK http://insidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.ca/2012/06/two-out-of-three-2011-law-school.htmlThose numbers might actually be worse: two-thirds of law grads might not be in full-time lawyer jobs. HYPERLINK /law/2012/04/09/number-of-law-school-applicants-continues-to-slide/Applications to law school dropped 15.6% last year and are down an unp