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Perspective

May 21, 2016

Letter to the editor: Dear new lawyers: meet the library

The recent article, "Bar proposes revised practical skills requirements" (May 18), caught my attention. By Bret N. Christensen

The recent article, "Bar proposes revised practical skills requirements" (May 18), caught my attention. The article did not say what skills on which the State Bar wants new attorneys to focus, so might I offer a suggestion? I propose that in this 10-hour mix of "new attorney training" that the bar is proposing, law students spend at least three hours at their local county law library to see what exactly their local county law library has to offer.

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