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Read ArticleLaw School - Past, Present and Future
Three of the most unrelated things you will ever do in your life are: go to law school, take the bar exam, and practice law. This was advice given to me by an attorney for whom I worked while in law school. Although somewhat hyperbolical, there is much substance to the statement. I pass these...
Read ArticleHow Changes to the California Bar Examination Have Impacted Law School Education
While the goal of a two-day exam seemed beneficial at the time, the unintended consequences of focusing legal education away from practical skills, legal writing and analysis training, and more toward multiple choice questions, has had in many people’s opinions a negative impact on the overall quality of today’s law school education, and in the preparation of law students to enter the legal profession.
Read ArticleOnline law school - opening up legal education to a new generation of learners
Online learning is a quickly growing field. Most major educational institutions offer graduate degrees online, but historically online education has not been embraced by legal educators. That is about to change in California. In June 2019, the California State Bar announced changes which will allow State Bar accredited law schools to offer a fully online...
Read ArticleHighest Performers but Lowest Pass Rate, There is Something Seriously Wrong in California
These are potential California lawyers who are unavailable to address the growing justice gap in California, to serve our communities in public defender and district attorney offices, or to contribute to the growing California economy in public and private law practices.
Read ArticleWhat I Know Now I Wish I Learned in Law School
As a practicing family law attorney, I often look back, now with a different perspective at the daily law lessons and growth I had endured during law school. I graduated from John F. Kennedy University College of Law in 2015 and while that seems like forever ago, my law school journey ended with a blink...
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