In July 2016, we published Foundations for Practice: The Whole Lawyer and the Character Quotient, which shared findings from a survey that asked more than 24,000 lawyers what new lawyers need as they enter the profession. Respondents overwhelmingly indicated that new lawyers need characteristics, alongside professional competencies and legal skills (collectively, “foundations”). New lawyers, it turns out, are successful when they can demonstrate much more than their intelligence and legal competency. We called the new lawyer who can demonstrate this combination of characteristics, competencies, and skills the “whole lawyer.” If we want new lawyers to develop the requisite foundations, we of course need law schools to commit to admitting, ed...
Clinical legal education is garnering more attention as a vehicle for providing the training require...
I figured out quickly that I had better figure out how to become a lawyer, and quickly. So I did. Bu...
With the challenges facing law schools because of declining enrollment and lower job placement rates...
The employment gap for law school graduates is well-documented. Almost 40% of 2015 law graduates did...
What competencies best assure entry level success for new legal professionals? Survey feedback from ...
Both law students and law schools have an opportunity created by the convergence of (1) significant ...
Most legal educators reject the premise that the primary mission of the law school is to train law s...
Anecdotal evidence suggests new lawyers may struggle as they begin legal practice. Little is known e...
In 2008, Susskind predicted ‘incremental revolution’, but commented on the failure of law schools to...
These are challenging times to be a lawyer. They may even be transformational times. Recent upheaval...
A heightened velocity of change enveloped the legal profession over the last two decades. From big l...
The bar exam tries to distinguish minimally competent lawyers from incompetent ones: it exists to pr...
While the greatest number of lawyers practice in solo and small firms, law schools do not devote suf...
It is now commonly accepted that law schools are graduating students who are under-prepared for prac...
The Great Recession has caused many new attorneys to question their decisions to go to law school. T...
Clinical legal education is garnering more attention as a vehicle for providing the training require...
I figured out quickly that I had better figure out how to become a lawyer, and quickly. So I did. Bu...
With the challenges facing law schools because of declining enrollment and lower job placement rates...
The employment gap for law school graduates is well-documented. Almost 40% of 2015 law graduates did...
What competencies best assure entry level success for new legal professionals? Survey feedback from ...
Both law students and law schools have an opportunity created by the convergence of (1) significant ...
Most legal educators reject the premise that the primary mission of the law school is to train law s...
Anecdotal evidence suggests new lawyers may struggle as they begin legal practice. Little is known e...
In 2008, Susskind predicted ‘incremental revolution’, but commented on the failure of law schools to...
These are challenging times to be a lawyer. They may even be transformational times. Recent upheaval...
A heightened velocity of change enveloped the legal profession over the last two decades. From big l...
The bar exam tries to distinguish minimally competent lawyers from incompetent ones: it exists to pr...
While the greatest number of lawyers practice in solo and small firms, law schools do not devote suf...
It is now commonly accepted that law schools are graduating students who are under-prepared for prac...
The Great Recession has caused many new attorneys to question their decisions to go to law school. T...
Clinical legal education is garnering more attention as a vehicle for providing the training require...
I figured out quickly that I had better figure out how to become a lawyer, and quickly. So I did. Bu...
With the challenges facing law schools because of declining enrollment and lower job placement rates...