For the last 20 years, there has been increasing pressure on law schools to do more to make their graduates "practice ready." In 1992, there was a study called McCrate that urged a more practical focus in law school pedagogy. A few years ago, McCrate was followed by the Carnegie report which went further. I just read that California is mulling a requirement that grads prove significant client experience before they will be granted a license.
As recently reported in these pages by the deans of two of Connecticut’s three law schools, the academy is doing what it can to respond. But their clinical programs and externships, while providing valuable experience, may not be enough.
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