In the first part of our law schools special report, we looked at the competing demands law students face, from finding success in summer law firm jobs to engaging in campus politics.
This week, we’re delving into how law schools are preparing students for their careers with new practical skills, offering training in everything from deal making to artificial intelligence.
MP McQueen reached out to dozens of top-ranked law schools such as Stanford and Yale to unpack how they’re teaching students to think like lawyers and practice like them with new transactional law and business skills courses and clinics. Read more about what she found.
Next, freelance contributor Stefan Sykes reports on how recent law graduates who have taken new AI courses at law schools such as Vanderbilt and Georgetown are bringing their tech skills to their legal practices.
This week, we also hear from USC Gould School of Law student Isabella Robakowski, who was a summer associate at Simpson Thacher. She offers her perspective on how to rock your Big Law summer.
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