If it were up to David Lebor, new law graduates interested in pursuing corporate law would have to work in-house first to get a better sense of how an organization is run.

“It wouldn’t be a bad idea if they would start off as a trainee and watch how companies operate,” says Lebor, chief administrative officer and general counsel for Philadelphia-based multifamily developer, Dranoff Properties. “I think that would help them in rendering advice inside law firms.”