Experienced lawyer here, now in-house (~7-8PQE)

Always been pretty curious why lawyering remains so popular among the younger ones. The fundamental issues plaguing our industry hasn't changed since more than a decade ago when i was a law student vying for TCs and then retention.

Oversupply at entry level, under-supply/attrition at mid level, terrible WLB, poor pay per hour, oftentimes bad mentors and bosses, or at the very least lousy managers (since technical legal skills don't translate well to people mgmt).

Now that law has lost its lustre to other industries like tech, why is it still so attractive? Amazingly, tHis industry still finds a way to suck in a fair amount of bright young JC kids when they have other better options.