Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/22/2011 -- According to the University of Oregon's law students, finding a law job is as hard as clearing the bar exam. William W. Knight Law Center tracks job placement for graduates nine months after graduation, so this year's data is still awaited.

The job placement rate for the class of 2010 was 80 percent which is 5 percent less from that of 2009's class. The New York Times has phrased this as the worst recession in the legal profession's history. A local attorney believes that firms have fewer clients because of the timber industry. The current situation for local grads is challenging as that they are highly indebted and finding jobs is not easy.

Hunting for jobs has become difficult because the drop rate has been consistent throughout the nation. Eugene attorney Thomas Herrmann believes that because local firms have less work, they have cut back on hiring. This is making the law field stiffer for graduates. The firms are cutting on their staff and thus they lack people to train freshers. Thus instead of hiring a new graduate, they prefer experienced candidates who can hit the ground without any training process involved. New York Law School was sued by its graduates for enrolling them with false promises of landing high-paying jobs.

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