The challenges posed by the current federal government shutdown bring to mind the observation by America’s original innovator, Henry Ford, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”

I have previously called for greater collaboration among a broad variety of lawyers to address the critical issues facing legal education and the legal profession. Private lawyers, government attorneys, public interest lawyers, legal educators, and even law school regulators must come together at the table for the betterment of the profession. Last week, two conferences made some initial and very positive strides in this direction. The NALP Foundation and West LegalEdcenter held a one-day forum, Tomorrow’s Law Practice: A Forum on the Market, Demand and Opportunities for Lawyers; and the Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Initiative held its annual conference entitled, Connecting the Academy & the Profession.

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