Bloomberg Law
Sept. 2, 2015, 6:19 PM UTC

Finally, Young Lawyers Have a Reason to Be Happy

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By Natalie Kitroeff, Bloomberg News

Pain at U.S. law schools may be putting young American lawyers in good spirits. Those who recently started working at big firms reported their highest levels of satisfaction in a decade, a survey released last week byAmerican Lawyermagazine shows. The report speculated that young attorneys are happy partly because they are scarce, thanks to shrinking classes of law school graduates.

“Today’s third-, fourth- and fifth-year associates are in high demand, making them more secure in their current posts,” wrote theAmerican Lawyer . “The associate shortage is creating an incentive for firms to try to hold ...

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