Many of the courses are narrowly focused on learning what we need to pass a test. The most important thing in law school turns out to be knowing how to regurgitate legal doctrine on final exams. For the most part, we never deal with the broader social and political issues raised in the cases we read. Some teachers seem open to the broader issues but they spend little time on them. And when we do talk about social issues the discussion never really goes anywhere.
Public policy is a polite way to talk nonsense.
In some cases, teachers made it clear they weren't interested in the big questions. Or we get put down for trying to raise certain issues. A course in legal ethics might be a chance to raise important questions. It may be too late, but we need to give it a try. I'm troubled by the reputation of the legal profession.