The verdict is in from young, wannabe attorneys: Law school needs to be shorter!
An overwhelming majority of freshly minted legal eagles said law-school classroom time needs to be shortened from three years to two years.
In a Kaplan Bar Review survey of 712 law grads from 2013, 63 percent said “yes” to this question: “Do you think the traditional three-year law school education can be condensed into two years without negatively impacting the practice-readiness of new attorneys?”
The opinion matches the view of President Obama, a former editor of the Harvard Law Review back in his law-school days.
Aspiring lawyers would be better served working in the field and not stuck in classrooms, Obama said recently.
Even though recent law grads wanted radical change to the system, most said they enjoyed their time in school.
Thirty-seven percent gave their law-school education an “A” grade, while 50 percent gave it a “B.”