Publication Date
11-20-2011
Document Type
Response or Comment
Organizational Units
Sturm College of Law, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System
Keywords
Practice-ready lawyers, Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers, Carnegie Report, Experiential learning, Law school curriculum
Abstract
As David Segal’s November 19 article accurately reflects, the legal market is changing. Clients are no longer willing to foot the bill for young lawyers’ training, and thus law firms are increasingly looking to the law schools to produce practice-ready graduates.
The good news is that there are clear solutions to the problem, and they are already in motion. A report published in 2007 by the Carnegie Foundation entitled "Education Lawyers" identified precisely the problem described in Mr. Segal’s article and suggested that law schools should address it by developing courses that educate law students on three levels: knowledge, practice and professional identity. By providing experiential learning opportunities that combine these three values, law schools can produce practice-ready graduates, who are able to provide value to clients the day they leave law school.
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Recommended Citation
Martin J. Katz, Response to the David Segal article, November 19, 2011, in New York Times, IAALS BLOG (Nov. 20, 2011), https://iaals.du.edu/blog/response-david-segal-article-november-19-2011-new-york-times.