Every year, I advise a lot of recent and soon-to-be law school grads who are interested in careers in tech law. And it's consistently disappointing and concerning to hear stories about about law school profs who do not make it a top priority to help their students find jobs.

I'm sure these cases are the exceptions to the rule; indeed, my professors in law school were key to my career development. And many of my friends who teach at law schools routinely reach out on behalf of their students. That's how it should work.

But I also hear stories about law profs who simply don't respond when their students ask for advice, suggestions of job leads, and references. It is deeply disappointing.

Many of these students are going into six-figure debt, and they usually are doing so with an expectation that they will be able to land some sort of employment. They are paying the salaries of law profs, and law profs owe them whatever help they can provide.

I'm thrilled to advise law school students on their career paths; I love the opportunity to help a new lawyer chart a career path in cybersecurity or tech law. But their own profs should take an interest, and can do things I can't (like serve as references).