ANALYSIS: Survey Grades Law Students’ Preparedness for Practice

New lawyers should be better prepared for the broad range of tasks and interactions that they will face in daily practice, according to practicing attorneys responding to a Bloomberg Law first-of-its-kind survey. But there is less agreement among the different groups of respondents about who should be responsible for teaching soft skills and management skills: law schools, undergraduate colleges, or employers.

Bloomberg Law’s Law School Preparedness Survey recently asked 1,143 practicing attorneys and law school students, faculty, and librarians about the skills needed for practice and how well law schools prepared individuals to enter the legal profession.

Responses indicate that ...