23 Jan, 2007
Does law school prepare me for the real world?
Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs has some blogger
reaction to the recent report called Educating
Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law that criticizes law schools
for their inability to prepare students for the working world from a practical standpoint.
This is a common (probably not unfounded) complaint about law schools. It is something that will affect you, but because there still haven't been broad-sweeping changes in the way that law schools function, there isn't much you can do.
To combat this you can, however, try to take practical and clinical courses as electives and get hands-on experience through internships, etc. Also, when choosing a school, try to find out what steps the school has takent to ensure that its students are ready for the real world.
Update: The blog Compelling Interests expounding on this a little.
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