Students could meet as a group to compare their experiences. Law professors would facilitate these discussions, making sure the gamut of options in the legal profession is brought to light. In this scenario, the law firms get free labor and can assess potential job candidates. The students acquire practical skills and observe the realities of the legal profession, thereby eliminating much of the rampant disillusionment among new attorneys arising from entering a profession they know little about. Ultimately, the entire field of law benefits because the gap between the study and the practice is closed, creating a functional partnership.
Students are prepared to practice law.
The legal profession gains confidence in the new recruits it helped prepare. You see, it's really cheap for a law school to throw fifty students in a classroom and have them taught by a professor. Yet, considering that law schools have raised their tuition over the past twenty years at three times the rate of inflation, I'm sure they can. One Web site. Student Advantage, Inc.