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Education

Jan. 17, 2007

Law Schools Too Abstract, Report Says

LOS ANGELES - By focusing too much on abstract legal analysis and not enough on the practicalities and consequences of practicing law in the real world, a law-school education is often insufficient to train a competent lawyer, according to a new report by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - By focusing too much on abstract legal analysis and not enough on the practicalities and consequences of practicing law in the real world, a law-school education is often insufficient to train a competent lawyer, according to a new report by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
      The authors emphasized how well ...

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