Why You Shouldn't Go Straight To Law School

Each year newly minted college graduates head straight to law school hoping that another degree will help land them a job. This is increasingly looking like a bad idea.

In hiring entry-level lawyers, law firms and companies are favoring candidates who have actually worked. It's a significant change in the legal world--which once favored intellectual bona fides over hours logged at the office. And it's another example of how the recession has impacted even the country's most privileged: Young college graduates from top universities who thought they were doing everything right, getting into law schools with great reputations and positioning themselves for high-paying jobs in the legal world.