Changes in the legal marketplace have caused law schools, law firms, bar associations and governmental regulators to reconsider all aspects of legal education. For decades, law schools utilized the Socratic Method to teach law students to “think like a lawyer.” Thereafter, these newly admitted attorneys would be scooped up by law firms who would train and mold them into well-paid and productive attorneys.
But then the world changed. Small law firms stopped hiring while BigLaw began hiring fewer lawyers and often, only after they had a few years of experience. Moreover, many new lawyers are leaving law school saddled with crushing debt and faced with dismal employment prospects. They are then resorting to hanging out their own shingle with no mentor, partner or compass to guide them.
