Firm Watch
Jul. 6, 2007
Law Firm Lets City Attorney's Office Train Associates
Young attorneys in the Los Angeles office of Arnold & Porter are gaining valuable trial experience through a unique program that allows associates to prosecute criminal cases for the city attorneys office. With practically no oversight from the firm, it's a virtual crash course in litigation.




Daily Journal Staff Writer
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LOS ANGELES - With fewer cases going to trial, and those that do deemed too risky for a novice litigator to touch, law firms are grappling with ways to get their associates more courtroom experience.
Farming them out to nonprofit pro bono...
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