Law school deans discuss the state of today's legal education

In the past two years, many law firms laid off partners and associates. Many stopped hiring, or - as shown by the Chicago Lawyer 2010 survey of the largest law firms in Illinois - decreased first-year associate salaries for the first time in years.Despite this turmoil and an uncertainty over whether jobs and salaries will rise again, the deans of five Chicago law schools report that student enrollment …

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