Law Practice
Jan. 3, 2012
Legal education under fire from critics
Legal education has come under fire in the past year, in part because job prospects for debt-laden law school graduates have plummeted in the poor economy.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - Late last summer, Dean Bryant G. Garth asked Southwestern University School of Law's newest entering class members if they had a friend or relative share a New York Times article exposing the financial risks of going to law school.
"Every person raised their hand," Garth recalled.
The front-page story last January focused national attention on a rising chorus...
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