President
Barack Obama’s comments last week that law school should be limited to
two years is drawing reaction from both sides of the issue. A number of
law professors praised discussion on the idea, but most of those
blogging about the concept found fault with it. Berkeley Law professor Dan Farber warned
that a two-year program would not leave time for specialized courses,
such as environmental law, that are not tested on bar exams. Albany Law
School professor Mary Lynch suggested
the president is confusing unpaid interning with a true clinical
experience, and that he does not understand that clients no longer want
to pay for on-the-job training of new attorneys. And Matt Bodie with
the Saint Louis University School of Law argued the idea would not
automatically lower tuition as schools could just increase the cost per
credit hour. Read a wrap up of reactions at TaxProf Blog.
The source of this is the TBA Today by the Tennessee Bar Association.
