The
blogs are buzzing these days about law schools.
It’s now widely believed that even after the recent freefall in law
school applicants, and the corresponding (but less severe) decline in law
school enrollment across the country, we’re still producing more than two lawyers for every available law job.
(And, many argue that the law degree isn’t terribly helpful—and possibly even harmful—in an unemployed lawyer’s attempt to land a non-legal job.) But my main problem with law schools isn’t
that they turn out way too many lawyers.
Instead, as a practicing lawyer, I’m still peeved about the way that law
schools turn out lawyers (and future judges) who can’t understand basic legal
principles.
