Andrew P. Connors

I’ve run into some great commentary on emerging issues in legal education from the good folks at the National Law Journal that I thought I would share.  At their new blog, Law School Review, they analyze a lot of the emerging issues in legal education I have mentioned here.

In “A Sense of Entitlement,” a law school professor suggests that the business model of the legal world is changing from big box firms offering big salaries to a model of solo or small entrepreneurship, a subject I alluded to in “Is Law School Worth It?”  I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this change, although as the National Law Journal notes, it might be a perilous journey for some, especially for those graduating with high amounts of debt.  In my view, however, so long as the law student chose a profession that he enjoys, that he has a natural aptitude for, and that he works hard at, I think he’ll be OK (advice which I gave before in “Notes to a Prospective Law Student.”)  It will probably be a path that many graduates will have to take out of necessity, as the Law Journal rightly notes here.

If those graduates have a heart for the core and valuable aspects of their profession–namely, legal writing and oral advocacy–then they should be fine.  And for those in law school currently, some things to think about…