The article discusses how law students who had taken offers from large, high-paying firms and who had taken a deferral for a year to work at a non-profit or in the public interest sector are sometimes choosing not to start at the large firm when they are called back there. This is really interesting, especially considering how much need there is for good legal work that real people can afford. I think this shows how having a degree from a top university does not necessarily require you to work the grueling hours at a top law firm, as is so often the image perpetuated by society and the career services departments. I think it also reflects the change in America to begin serving others again, to see ourselves as parts of a community, and to live humbly and within certain limitations to allow for a certain lifestyle.
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