Word: law
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that is the kind of work law students often perform in clinical projects...
...time, clinical programs were influencing people, and had a substantial impact," says Robert L. Hill, Aetna Life and Casualty's assistant vice president for law and public affairs. "But now people are on the `fast track' and say, `too much work to do, have to get ahead, have to pay back student loans.' So they're not doing as much pro bono as they used...
...Law students frequently get involved, but it's not as popular as it was 10 or 15 years ago," says Deutch, who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1974. "When we graduated, we were very interested in pro bono work. But that seems to be less true now, because there's been a societal change. Then, the Vietnam was was closer at hand. Now, more people are satisfied with their economic condition...
...paying firms always the topic of fall campus conversation, few schools can overpower the lures of lucrative corporate work, experts say. Harvard's clinical instructors note that most of the 6 percent who actually pursue full-time public service probably had that career in mind before they came to law school...
...think what encourages people is nothing they gain from being here, but attitudes they come in with," says Cassandra Q. Butts, a second-year student at Harvard. "And people often come in with an interest in public interest, but with the emphasis here on corporate law, they don't always leave with that attitude. There's heavy recruiting by large, high-paying firms, and students see an insurmountable number of loans they need...