Education
Aug. 18, 2009
What Law School Doesn't Teach
Many new lawyers don't learn essential skills like drafting subpoenas and other documents until they're on the job, writes Nathaniel Bruno.
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By Nathaniel Bruno Law school did not prepare me to be a lawyer. It may have taught me to sound like a lawyer, argue like a lawyer and even pontificate like a lawyer during philosophical dinner conversations. But it certainly did not teach me the practical skills I have needed to succeed as a litigating lawyer. Sure, I learned how to wax eloquent on the historical variety of approaches for justifying the exercise of personal j...
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