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New Republic Follow-Up: How to Fix Law School
Thursday, August 1, 2013

In a follow-up to its article on The Last Days of Big Law, the New Republic asked law professors, writers and practitioners about how they would improve law school

Here are the six and a quick synopsis of what they said:

law schoolAlan Dershowitz, Harvard University professor of law: Make law school two years, with a third year dedicated to the student’s area of practice.

Mike Kinsley, editor-at-large, New Republic: Get rid of the Socratic Method of teaching.

Paul Campos, University of Colorado Law at Boulder professor of law: Stop providing an unlimited source of student loans to law students.

Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate: Fewer people should attend law school, and more should drop out.

David Lat, managing editor, Above the Law: Make a gap year mandatory between college and law school.

Mark Chandler, general counsel, Cisco Systems: Let law students intern for money and credit.

What are your thoughts? I’d be interested in knowing, and will publish the most enlightening here.

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