The number of law students who do not propose practising law continues to grow and a new Australian survey indicates that over 60 percent of students intend studying following their graduation.
A recent LawFuel story indicated the possibilities of jobs outside of law practice with prominent people who had never practised law but who had developed successful careers away from the law. These included people like former Telecom chief executive Teresa Gattung, newsreader Simon Dallow and others.
The Australian study was undertaken by the the Women’s Lawyers Association of NSW found a further 28 per cent of students at law schools were unsure about whether to practise and 11 per cent had no interest in becoming a lawyer.
The reasons people chose to study law in the first place also altered along gender lines. Male and female students cited different reasons for choosing to study law, with 49 per cent of women attracted by an interest in social justice compared with 35 per cent of men.
Male students were more likely to cite income as a motivation, with 36 per cent of men seeing salary as a major drawcard against 31 per cent of women.
Prestige and status also appeared to be valued more highly by men, with 37 per cent citing it as a factor. By contrast, 26 per cent of women considered status when applying.
The survey questioned 1,403 graduates from university law schools and the College of Law in New South Wales.
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