Law School Curricular Reform
Employers today want lawyers who can hit the ground running. Unfortunately, the traditional law school curriculum does little to prepare students for the realities of practicing law. So, how can law schools provide better real-world training to students when their faculties consist of article-writing academics? They can’t, at least according to a new article slated for publication in the South Carolina Law Review by adjunct Georgetown law professor Brent Evan Newton. Newton argues:
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Upswing in Legal Hiring
Online job postings have increased in almost every sector according to Monster’s Employment Index, with computer, education and office and administrative jobs seeing double-digit percentage growth, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The article outlines eight occupations in which employers are hiring – using online ads – at the fastest rate and reports that legal hiring has increased a healthy 29%.
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