This was presented as advice to law school grads but it might be good advice for just about any graduate, high school or college:
Law schools have a responsibility to teach students how to be emotionally resilient and fiscally sensible at a time when high-paying jobs are hard to come by and student-loan debts are mounting, several speakers asserted at the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, which began here on Thursday.
Students who have spent summers working for law firms only to have job offers from those firms rescinded or delayed often become disillusioned or angry.
“By emotionally preparing our students for failure as well as preparing them for success,” she said, “we will give them important life skills they will need to handle adversity in the job market,” [said Pam Occhipinti, director of career services at Loyola University New Orleans’s College of Law].