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The New Lawyer Supplement

Nov. 23, 2011

Keeping it real

Law schools are starting to teach students practical legal skills for careers in corporate law as a way to ensure their education translates well in the real world.

By Robert Pierce
Daily Journal Staff Writer

New law school graduates may know all there is to know about Kant's moral and legal philosophy, but the question of how that will help them draft a contract may leave them scratching their heads.

That practical gap is why law schools are starting to teach students legal skills for careers in the real world.

Abe Cable, who recently started teaching as an associate professor of law at UC Hastings in San ...

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