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Perspective

May 8, 2013

Future of the legal profession

Many books and articles in the last few years describe a "profession in crisis" with no shortage of demons to blame. By Rachel Van Cleave


By Rachel Van Cleave


Many books and articles in the last few years describe a "profession in crisis" with no shortage of demons to blame: many equity partners in large law firms pursuing ever increasing profits, tenured law professors sitting on big salaries with no incentive to change how they teach, accrediting institutions imposing expensive regulation on law schools, and the examples of finger-pointing continue. In the words of YouTube sensation Kid...

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