Tallahassee boasts , according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Many of those lawyers are in jobs that have nothing to do with being in a courtroom.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says .
Marcy Cox, Assistant Dean for Career Development at the University of Miami School of Law, blames the recession.
鈥淟egal jobs diminished when jobs in every sector diminished,鈥� says Cox. 鈥淲e are rebounding as every other sector is rebounding.鈥�
She says the upside to a bad economy is that more graduates are finding their way into non-traditional legal careers.
鈥淧eople just assume because you go to law school that you want to practice law,鈥� she says. 鈥淪omebody might be a contract administrator or compliance officer. Compliance officer doesn鈥檛 necessarily translate to lawyer, but the legal skills help tremendously.鈥�
In spite of an abundance of lawyers, .
And a with their student loans.
鈥淎nything that could help with loan repayment assistance would benefit not only our students but we think the legal market,鈥� Cox said, 鈥渏ust because graduates are in a tough position when they graduate with an incredible amount of debt.鈥�
National statistics show .
