Seeing lots of divergent views of lawyer training / legal change that I think are based on different understandings of what a “lawyer” is. Some think a lawyer/legal work is just drafting documents, pleadings, appearing in court 1/5
Personally I think it is a LOT wider than that. Most transactional lawyers probably do more project management than they do legal work. Probably the same for disputes lawyers too - especially those involved in massive investigations 2/5
My university (undergraduate) study of law was all theoretical, with little emphasis on practice. That’s fine, because not everyone who does my course goes onto be a lawyer 3/5
For 90% of the work I did as a lawyer, this was all pretty much learned on the job. They didn’t teach me the really important stuff at law school (distinguished from undergraduate). It all focused too much on the idea that a lawyer just drafts + appears in court 4/5
Where was all the training on billing processes, law firm business models, closing checklists, document review platforms, knowledge management in law firms? When people think of what a “lawyer” does, it’s easy to forget this stuff. Oh and I hear technology is important too 5/5
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