Sept. 19 – Crain’s Chicago Business
Adjunct Professor Michael Otte quoted:
Michael Otte senses that some students are still in a state of denial about how challenging the job market is right now. Mr. Otte, 37, was laid off in 2010 from an elder-law practice in Orland Park where he was an associate. He found a new job, but only after sending out 45 résumés. He considers himself lucky that his search only lasted six weeks.
Law schools aren’t loud in warning students about their employment prospects, Mr. Otte says. He tells students in the elder-law class he teaches at John Marshall Law School in Chicago that finding work will mean hustling, but “most of them look at me with blank faces.”
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