It used to be that people went to law school to learn how to “think like a lawyer” and assumed they would learn how to practice on the job. But now law schools are under pressure to turn out practice-ready lawyers.
In a sluggish economy, jobs are scarce for new law graduates, who often are burdened with hefty student loans. Clients won’t pay to train first-year associates and firms say they can’t absorb the expense, especially with competition from contract lawyers and offshore legal services. And so law schools are in the hot seat.
