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I am interested in the same phenomenon with regard to graduates who take on jobs in fields like investment banking, management consulting etc. Though I guess law is particularly interesting in a way. Commerce and accounting students have obviously chosen a university course which is focused on...

To Neo O: You have to remember that not everyone goes into big firms believing they will stay there. I did a summer clerkship in 2000 and only a handful of the 40 clerks from my year are still working at the firm. In fact, I would say only a small minority of graduates who start out at big firms...

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I'd be interested to know whether you think the attitudes of law students have changed in the last few years. (I started law in 1997, which means you probably think I am ancient ...) I get the impression that law students are less resistant to the idea of a...

Yes, I think you are spot on regarding the "risk averse" issue. Although I think it must be more than risk aversion. After all, a position with the DPP, for example, is no more risky than a position with a big firm and yet it is the big firms that everyone seems to scramble for - or feel they...

Hello everyone, My name is Lisa Pryor. I'm a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald and, incidentally, a former law student. I am currently writing a book about about graduate life in big firms, particularly big law firms. As an extension of this I will be looking at the university experience...