It’s Good to Be a Lawyer -- Even Today

Within some circles, it’s become fashionable to knock the legal profession: Law school is too expensive, the jobs require too many hours and the market for legal services is becoming too commoditized — to repeat just a few of the more common complaints.

For now, being a lawyer still looks pretty good.

Case in point: This week, the career website Glassdoor Inc. reported that lawyers were the second-highest paid profession in 2015, behind only physicians:

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The graphic above shows the 25 highest-paying professions in the U.S. based on reviews that Glassdoor took from the beginning of 2015 until ...