Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Just as free agents are unlikely to beeliminated from baseball. courting of starprofessors is unlikely to end anytime soon.Scholars may not be commanding multi-milliondollar salaries yet, but universities willcontinue to try to lure the home-run hitters ofthe profession to their teams
The law, perhaps more than any other profession, has captured the imagination of graduating college students. Of the 1600 students graduating form Harvard College today, at least 100 plan to enter law school next fall. And dozens more will enroll after a few years abroad or in the workforce.
The trend is just one aspect of a society's love-hate relationship with the legal profession.
Students recognize that the profession may have a bad image, but they say lawyers are usually respected, can exert power and often get rich.
"It's more negative than positive, much more reflective of profession and economic security than a firm interest in the law," Weisberg says.