Starting next year, the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law will call on all third-year students to participate in its new Law Firm Program, a series of courses that simulates big-firm lawyering. "It's a blend of academics and practice," says Baker & McKenzie partner Craig Roeder, who served on the advisory board to revise the school's curriculum. The courses are a response to criticism from the legal profession directed at law schools generally that graduates are not ready to practice law.
February 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Large-firm practice may not be the career choice for every lawyer, but at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, it’s a course requirement for every student.
Starting next year, the school will call on all third-year students to participate in its new Law Firm Program, a series of courses that simulates big-firm lawyering.
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