When
assessing
the
ranks
of
schools,
assessors
usually
look
to
deliverables
like
bar
passage
rates
and
the
amount
of
graduates
that
have
legal
jobs
after
receiving
their
JD.
Those
data
points
can
speak
to
how
helpful
law
schools
can
be
with
getting
someone’s
foot
in
the
door,
but
what
about
once
they’re
in?
A
legal
recruiting
firm
collected
some
data
and
the
results
suggest
schools
could
pick
up
some
slack.
Reuters
has
coverage:
Nearly
half
of
law
firm
associates
believe
law
school
did
not
adequately
prepare
them
for
practice,
a
new
survey
has
found.Among
the
546
junior
associates
surveyed
in
January
and
February
by
legal
recruiting
firm
Major,
Lindsey
&
Africa
and
legal
data
intelligence
provider
Leopard
Solutions,
45%
said
law
school
did
not
sufficiently
prepare
them
for
their
current
role.
And
31%
said
their
law
firm
experience
didn’t
meet
their
expectations
coming
out
of
law
school
according
to
the
study,
released
on
Monday.When
asked
what
they
would
change
about
their
law
school
experience,
the
most
common
answer
provided
by
the
surveyed
associates
was
more
practical
skills
and
a
greater
focus
on
transactional
practices.
While
it
is
nice
(and
highly
encouraged)
for
law
schools
to
change
up
the
courses
they
offer
to
their
students,
a
couple
changes
to
the
pedagogy
wouldn’t
hurt
either.
For
a
long
time,
most
law
school
curricula
ran
on
the
tacit
assumption
that
the
audience
was
a
room
of
future
trial
attorneys.
And
while
some
star
students
do
go
on
to
dazzle
court
rooms,
a
significant
number
of
them
opt
for
work
that
is
either
in-house
or
more
transactional
in
nature.
Schools
looking
to
stay
on
the
cutting
edge
could
get
the
ball
rolling
by
offering
summer
workshops
on
what
a
day
in
the
life
of
a
transactional
lawyer
or
other
legal
career
paths
looks
like
—
even
if
it
isn’t
the
most
in-depth
learning
opportunity
possible,
a
crash
course
would
be
better
than
a
crash
landing.
Law
School
Failed
To
Prepare
45%
Of
Junior
Associates
For
Practice,
Survey
Finds
[Reuters]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.