ACTUALLY RUNNING THY LAW FIRM

The total absence of management training from legal education is a significant contributor to the current holes that exist in legal services. Current reality is that a large number of lawyers hang out shingles from day one or step out after a few years to do so. The only skill and experience in their possession is their drive and what they saw at the firms they were in.

From the perspective of formal legal education, this hole must be filled BEFORE the pupil is released to the society so she goes in ready to contribute and to cut short her spinning-the-wheels time under the guise of pupillage. As long as the pupil is actually undergoing an apprenticeship then the length of time can be justified as she will come out as a master in her field to the glory of lawyers everywhere.