Hundreds of lawyers join the ranks in N.J. despite tough job market
TRENTON — New Jersey minted nearly 670 lawyers this year — the most since the state began keeping track six years ago — despite a difficult job market for law graduates across the country, according to court officials.
At a packed ceremony in the Trenton War Memorial Tuesday, more than 500 law graduates who recently passed the bar exam took the oath to start their legal careers, with friends and relatives in tow to cheer them on and snap photos. Nearly 150 others were sworn in at a ceremony in February, and some lawyers take the oath in private.
A total of 667 lawyers passed the bar and asked to take the oath to join the state and federal bars this year, according to a court spokeswoman, Winnie Comfort.
That’s the highest number since the courts began to keep track in 2007, and a 17 percent increase over last year. (Rizzo/Star-Ledger)
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